LOS ANGELES (August 18, 2026) \u2013\u00a0Amid a stretch of away matches, the LA Galaxy return home to Dignity Health Sports Park for a midweek showdown against longtime rivals the San Jose Earthquakes on Wednesday, August 19 at 7:30 p.m. PT. The match will air on FS1, FOX Deportes and Apple TV. Wednesday’s contest marks the 106th edition of the California Clasico, one of Major League Soccer’s most storied rivalries dating back to the league’s inaugural season in 1996.<\/p>\n
LA Galaxy vs\u00a0San Jose Earthquakes<\/p>\n
A familiar rivalry returns to center stage Wednesday night as the LA Galaxy\u00a0welcome\u00a0the San Jose Earthquakes to Dignity Health Sports Park for the latest edition of the California Cl\u00e1sico. In the clubs’ last meeting, Marco Reus set up Joseph Paintsil’s opening goal\u00a0and\u00a0JT Marcinkowski delivered a standout performance against his former team, highlighted by a dramatic stoppage-time penalty save that preserved a valuable point on the road for LA.\u00a0The match marks the expected home debut of Designated Player Hirving “Chucky” Lozano and another chapter in one of Major League Soccer’s most storied rivalries. The Galaxy enter the latest installment holding a 40-29-19 all-time regular-season advantage over San Jose, including a 24-11-6 record in 41 regular-season matches played in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n
LA Galaxy Recent Results \u00a0<\/p>\n
Since returning from the\u00a0World\u00a0Cup break, the Galaxy\u00a0have\u00a0endured a difficult stretch, most recently falling 1-0 to the Houston Dynamo.\u00a0The club\u00a0continues\u00a0to\u00a0make efforts to bolster their roster\u00a0with recent\u00a0additions. Summer signing Ky\u014dgo Furuhashi recently made his first start for the club, while Mexican international Hirving “Chucky” Lozano made his highly\u00a0anticipated\u00a0debut off the bench last week. Former FC Barcelona\u00a0captain Sergi Roberto is expected to join the team soon, adding another accomplished veteran to the roster, while Robert Taylor continues to integrate into the squad after arriving earlier this summer. The Galaxy\u00a0will\u00a0also receive a boost with\u00a0Designated Player\u00a0forward Jo\u00e3o Klauss nearing a return from injury.\u00a0With several key additions now available, the Galaxy\u00a0are\u00a0focused on turning improved depth and quality into results as they look to build momentum and climb the Western Conference table\u00a0down the stretch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LOS ANGELES (August 18, 2026) \u2013\u00a0Amid a stretch of away matches, the LA Galaxy return home to Dignity…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":436787,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[85333,88,90,89],"class_list":["post-436786","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\/436786","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=436786"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/436786\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/436787"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=436786"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=436786"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=436786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}