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Galaxy face new challenges with expanded MLS playoffs, but help could be coming

Dejan Joveljic is among the players returning to the Galaxy this season after 11 players left the team in the offseason. The team’s thin depth could be tested early since Javier “Chicharito” Hernández, the Galaxy’s leading scorer the last two seasons, has been hobbled by a tender hamstring during the preseason. “Every game and all points matter,” said Vanney, who led the team to winning records and one playoff berth the last two seasons, the only Galaxy coach to do that since Bruce Arena left in 2016. “Every game is going to be an important game because it does sometimes come down to the wire as to who’s in and who’s out.” Behind Hernández, the Galaxy have Dejan Joveljic, who scored 11 goals despite playing only 983 minutes last season. Javier “Chicharito” Hernández: With 35 goals combined the past two seasons, the Galaxy’s captain has accounted for a third of his team’s goals.

LA Times

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