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Galaxy beat Red Bulls, add to record with sixth MLS Cup triumph

AP photo by Etienne Laurent / Los Angeles Galaxy forward Joseph Paintsil, left, controls the ball as New York Red Bulls midfielder Peter Stroud defends during the second half of the MLS Cup final Saturday in Carson, Calif.
AP photo by Etienne Laurent / Los Angeles Galaxy forward Joseph Paintsil, left, controls the ball as New York Red Bulls midfielder Peter Stroud defends during the second half of the MLS Cup final Saturday in Carson, Calif. AP photo by Etienne Laurent / Los Angeles Galaxy forward Joseph Paintsil, left, controls the ball as New York Red Bulls midfielder Peter Stroud defends during the second half of the MLS Cup final Saturday in Carson, Calif.

By GREG BEACHAM / The Associated Press 5 min read

CARSON, Calif. — The Los Angeles Galaxy finished 26th out of 29 teams in Major League Soccer’s regular-season standings just a year ago, and their biggest supporters boycotted certain matches to protest a decade of poor performance.

The most successful club in league history seemed light years away from its luminous prime.

When the Galaxy raised the MLS Cup again Saturday amid confetti and fireworks, their spectacular transformation was complete. In the span of one year, a team that was profoundly lost had rediscovered its peerless championship pedigree.

“We won this trophy, and it’s finally back where it belongs,” striker Dejan Joveljic said.

Joseph Paintsil and Joveljic scored in the first half, and the Galaxy won their record-extending sixth MLS Cup championship with a 2-1 victory over the New York Red Bulls.