The Los Angeles Galaxy celebrated their past and present on Sunday, unveiling a statue of club and USA men’s national team legend Cobi Jones before Marco Reus scored twice to rally the Galaxy to a 2-1 victory over Real Salt Lake.<\/p>\n
The 55-year-old UCLA alum became the third player honored with a statue at Dignity Health Sports Park, joining David Beckham and Landon Donovan.<\/p>\n
As an original member of the Galaxy\u2019s inaugural 1996 squad, Jones spent his entire 12-season professional career in Los Angeles.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Parallel to his club career, Jones represented the U.S. during the 1994, 1998 and 2002 World Cups and retired as the all-time appearance leader for the men’s team with 164 caps.<\/p>\n
Reus scored from 21 yards out off a free kick to give the Galaxy a 1-0 lead in the 9th minute. The kick was awarded after Gabriel Pec was fouled by Real Salt Lake midfielder Stijn Spierings.<\/p>\n
Galaxy goalkeeper JT Marcinkowski was charged with an own goal in the final minute of stoppage time, tying it 1-1 at halftime. The ball deflected off the post and into the net when he dove to make a save on Zavier Gozo’s shot.<\/p>\n
Reus scored the winner on a PK after a foul on Sam Junqua for shoving Elijah Wynder in the back on a corner kick. It was the fourth goal this season for Reus and his 10th in 37 career appearances.<\/p>\n
Marcinkowski saved nine shots for Los Angeles (3-4-3).<\/p>\n
Rafael Cabral totaled four saves for Real Salt Lake (5-3-1).<\/p>\n
Real Salt Lake went 5-0-1 in a six-match stretch before losing 2-0 to visiting Inter Miami on Wednesday. The club falls to 1-2-1 on the road.<\/p>\n
The Galaxy were coming off a 1-1-1 road trip and improve to 2-2-1 at home.<\/p>\n
Los Angeles: Hosts the Vancouver Whitecaps on Saturday.<\/p>\n
Real Salt Lake: Hosts the Portland Timbers on Saturday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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