Sounders beat Galaxy 3-0, snaps six-game road winless streak

Posted April 23, 2017 7:00 am

The Associated Press

Los Angeles Galaxy defender Daniel Steres, right, pulls the shirt of Seattle Sounders defender Will Bruin as he falls during the first half of a MLS soccer match, Sunday, April 23, 2017, in Carson, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill) The Associated Press

CARSON, Calif. (AP) - Clint Dempsey had a goal and an assist and the Seattle Sounders beat the Los Angeles Galaxy 3-0 on Sunday.

Defending MLS Cup champion Seattle (2-2-3) snapped a six-game road winless streak. The Galaxy (2-5-0) has lost two straight.

Dempsey gave the Sounders a 1-0 lead in the 24th minute after heading home Nicolas Lodeiro's cross. Galaxy defender Ashley Cole tried to clear a cross from the Sounders' Joevin Jones, but Cole deflected the ball back into his own goal in the 35th minute. Jordan Morris made it 3-0 in the 44th, with Dempsey assisting.

Romain Alessandrini, who had scored a goal in three straight games for the Galaxy, missed four shots. His left-footed shot in the seventh minute was blocked, and Sounders goalkeeper Stefan Frei stopped his shot in the center of the goal in the 65th minute. Alessandrini also received a yellow card for unsporting behavior in the 41st.

Los Angeles Galaxy midfielder Jermaine Jones, left, heads the ball as Seattle Sounders midfielder Osvaldo Alonso jumps alongside during the first half of a MLS soccer match, Sunday, April 23, 2017, in Carson, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill) The Associated Press

Seattle Sounders forward Jordan Morris, right, scores past Los Angeles Galaxy goalkeeper Brian Rowe during the first half of a MLS soccer match Sunday, April 23, 2017, in Carson, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill) The Associated Press

Los Angeles Galaxy goalkeeper Brian Rowe, right, and Ashley Cole, left, watch as a shot by Seattle Sounders midfielder Clint Dempsey scores during the first half of a MLS soccer match, Sunday, April 23, 2017, in Carson, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill) The Associated Press

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