MLS talking points: LA Galaxy's awful start, Messi the super sub and more

03/31/2025 07:00 AM

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The LA Galaxy know how to win. Or at least, they knew how to win. While last season ended with the Carson club clinching a league-record sixth MLS Cup, they're now making a different sort of history. Winless through their first six games of the season, Saturday's 2-1 defeat to Orlando City means the Galaxy have made the worst start to a campaign of any defending MLS champion ever. They don't put a star above the crest for that.