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CARSON, Calif. — On Tuesday night, the LA Galaxy drew with the Colorado Rapids by a scoreline of 2-2 in front of a crowd of 16,231 fans in attendance at the StubHub Center in Carson, Calif.

This is the second meeting between these two clubs within a ten day span. In their last meeting on Aug. 4, Colorado snapped the Galaxy’s nine match unbeaten streak with a 2-1 victory in Colorado.

The first half of the match took it’s time warming up. Both sides used gradually figured out their opponent, with a total of just eight shots, three on target, from both teams combined for the first half. 

Midfielder Jonathan Dos Santos exited the match due to injury in the 34th minute after sustaining a right groin strain. Prior to the match, Jonathan Dos Santos was the only designated player available for the Galaxy, as the two others, Giovani Dos Santos and Romain Alessandrini, were tending to injuries that removed them from the team’s previous match on Saturday.

Also dealing with injury in the first half was defender Michael Ciani, but he was able to make it into the locker room for halftime before being substituted out for Daniel Steres at the start of the second half. 

Colorado’s newest addition, midfielder Kellyn Acosta, left the match in the 50th minute due to illness. Acosta joined the Rapids during the Secondary Transfer window from FC Dallas, in exchange for Colorado’s leading goalscorer, Dominique Badji. Bismark Boateng, who has one goal in the 738 minutes played so far this season, entered the match for the Rapids.

Defender Ashley Cole opened the game’s scoring in the 59th minute, working his way around the Colorado defense and netting the ball in the far upper corner. There was a palpable change in momentum to the match with the goal, and the crowd knew that more goals were heading their way.

With play running from end to end, Edgar Castillo found the equalizer for the Rapids in the 74th minute, bringing the match to a 1-1 scoreline. 

Galaxy midfielder Sebastian Lletget found an answer of his own in the 78th minute, putting the Galaxy back ahead 2-1. With this goal, the intensity of the match heightened, and both sides put more effort into getting a result for their team. 

Niki Jackson found another equalizer for Colorado in the 82nd minute, with the assist to Edgar Castillo, who had scored Colorado’s first goal of the night, putting the scoreline at 2-2. 

Neither side was able to break the tie, and the match ended with a 2-2 scoreline. The Galaxy have struggled this season with maintaining a lead, and tonight was another example of that. 

 In their next match, the Galaxy travel to Seattle to take on the Sounders at on Saturday Aug. 18 at 4pm E.T. 

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