LOS ANGELES (July\u00a024, 2026) \u2013\u00a0The LA Galaxy return to action on Saturday, July 25, at 7:30 p.m. PT for the California Cl\u00e1sico, as MLS\u2019s most decorated club takes on longtime rival the San Jose Earthquakes at Stanford Stadium. Saturday\u2019s match marks the Galaxy\u2019s third match in a nine-day stretch and will be broadcast on Apple TV as part of the Walmart Saturday Showdown.<\/p>\n
LA Galaxy vs\u00a0San Jose Earthquakes<\/p>\n
The 87th regular-season edition of the California Cl\u00e1sico\u00a0pits the Galaxy\u00a0against the San Jose Earthquakes.\u00a0One of Major League Soccer\u2019s most storied rivalries, the California Cl\u00e1sico\u00a0dates back to\u00a0April 6, 1996, when the Galaxy earned a 2-1 win over the then-San Jose Clash in the inaugural meeting between the two clubs. Entering Saturday\u2019s match, LA holds a 16-18-12 record on the road in the regular-season series, with just one goal separating the sides in Northern California (69-68 in favor of San Jose). Overall, the Galaxy\u00a0lead\u00a0the all-time regular-season series 40-29-18 and\u00a0have\u00a0outscored the Earthquakes 142-127. In the clubs\u2019 two meetings\u00a0last\u00a0season, San Jose earned a 1-0 victory on May 28 before Marco Reus scored a second-half equalizer in a 1-1 draw at Dignity Health Sports Park on June 28.<\/p>\n
The rivalry ranks second in MLS regular-season meetings, just behind the D.C. United\u2013New York Red Bulls series. Over the years, several notable players have represented both clubs, including Landon Donovan, Todd\u00a0Dunivant\u00a0and current Galaxy goalkeeper JT Marcinkowski, who came through San Jose’s academy and began his MLS career as a Homegrown Player before joining LA ahead of the 2025 season.<\/p>\n
LA Galaxy\u00a0Return to Action:<\/p>\n
After building momentum before the World Cup break with a 4-2-3 record,\u00a0the Blue,\u00a0White\u00a0and Gold are looking to regain that form\u00a0for the second half of the season.\u00a0Ahead of returning to league play,\u00a0LA earned a 1-0 win over Liga MX powerhouse Club Am\u00e9rica in an international friendly at Dignity Health Sports Park but has since dropped matches against LAFC and St. Louis CITY SC to open the second half of the MLS season, falling to 5-7-5 in league play. Despite the setback against St. Louis on Wednesday, Troy Elgersma\u00a0midfielder\u00a0continued his\u00a0Galaxy\u00a0rise by scoring his first career MLS goal. After going undrafted, Elgersma worked his way through Ventura County FC, the Galaxy\u2019s MLS NEXT Pro affiliate, before breaking into the first team.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LOS ANGELES (July\u00a024, 2026) \u2013\u00a0The LA Galaxy return to action on Saturday, July 25, at 7:30 p.m. PT…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":411483,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[85333,88,90,89],"class_list":["post-411482","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-jose","tag-match-preview","tag-san-jose","tag-san-jose-headlines","tag-san-jose-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/411482","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=411482"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/411482\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/411483"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=411482"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=411482"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=411482"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}