Javier “Chicharito” Hernandez scored his first goal of the season and the LA Galaxy finally snapped their winless start with a 2–0 home victory over Austin FC on Saturday night, April 22.
Riqui Puig also scored his first goal and added his second assist for the Galaxy (1–4–3, 6 points), who scored two goals for the second consecutive game with Chicharito in the starting lineup.
The Galaxy scored just three total goals In the first six games while their 2022 leading scorer was working back from a hamstring injury.
Jonathan Klinsmann made two saves to keep his second clean sheet in five starts deputizing for the injured Jonathan Bond. The result helped the Galaxy avoid matching their longest winless start in team history, when they went their first eight games without a victory in 2003….