Riqui Puig and Javier “Chicharito” Hernandez scored a goal one minute apart in the first half to lift the visiting Los Angeles Galaxy to a 3–1 victory over the Houston Dynamo on Sunday, Oct. 9, in the regular-season finale for both teams.
Puig scored in the 31st minute, Hernandez answered in the 32nd, while super-sub Dejan Joveljic sealed the victory with a score in the 69th minute.
Jonathan Bond made three saves for the fourth-seeded Galaxy (14–12–8, 50 points), who managed to secure at least one home playoff game by earning three victories and a tie over their last four regular-season games.
Sebastian Ferreira scored in the eighth minute and Steve Clark made four saves for the Dynamo (10–18–6, 36 points), who were unsuccessful in their bid for a season sweep of the Galaxy….