LA Galaxy suffered their largest defeat of all-time on Might 10, shedding 7-0 to New York Mattress Bulls, however how does this examine to the largest defeats in MLS historical past?
Greatest Defeats In MLS Historical past: High 10
10. Sporting Kansas Metropolis 7-1 CF Montreal (March 2019)
Kicking off this checklist for the largest defeats in MLS historical past, we now have a sport from Matchday 5 of the 2019 season, as Sporting Kansas Metropolis smashed CF Montreal 7-1 at Kids’s Mercy Park in March 2019.
Krisztian Nemeth scored a hat-trick for Kansas and the MLS giants set a franchise document for probably the most targets scored in a singular match – a document which might be nonetheless but to interrupt.
Not solely that, this fixture additionally introduced a chunk of historical past for CF Montreal, an undesirable one however historical past nonetheless, as that is nonetheless the franchise’s largest defeat of all-time.
9. Minnesota United FC 7-1 FC Cincinnati (June 2019)
Subsequent we now have a sport that occurred virtually three-months to the day after Sporting Kansas Metropolis’s win over CF Montreal, as Minnesota United beat FC Cincinnati 7-1.
A whole lot of the outcomes on right here might be equivalent, nonetheless, this match got here in June 2019 and was a real thrashing as Minnesota scored 4 targets in 40 minutes to take a 4-0 lead into the break.
Apparently, Ike Opara scored a brace within the match regardless of being a stalwart in central protection, which was slightly below 50% of his complete purpose tally for Minnesota.
That is nonetheless the largest victory in Minnesota United’s historical past and the largest defeat FC Cincinnati have ever acquired throughout their existence as a franchise.
8. Seattle Sounders FC 7-1 San Jose Earthquakes (September 2020)
One other 7-1 end result, which appears to be a well-liked scoreline within the MLS, got here in September 2020 on Matchday 7 as Seattle Sounders thrashed San Jose Earthquakes.
The house aspect made an electrical begin to the match and had been 5-0 up after simply 33 minutes because of targets from Jordan Morris, Kelvin Leerdam, Joevin Jones and a Raul Ruidiaz brace.
Regardless of this being Seattle’s largest win in MLS historical past, it isn’t their largest win in franchise historical past as they beat SV Transvaal 10-0 within the CONCACAF Champions Cup.
7. D.C. United 7-1 Toronto FC (July 2021)
The ultimate 7-1 on this checklist takes up the seventh spot and it got here in July 2021, as D.C. United swept Toronto FC apart at Audi Area in Washington, D.C – in one of many largest defeats in MLS historical past.
This sport took fairly a singular format when in comparison with the opposite matches, because the D.C. had been solely 3-1 forward after 70 minutes and Toronto had been trying to pull off a comeback.
Nonetheless, a purpose within the 71st minute after which three extra between 81-90 minutes noticed the house aspect draw back from their opponents and choose up the 7-1 victory.
6. Sporting Kansas Metropolis 0-7 Chicago Fireplace FC (July 2001)
Shifting on to the primary clean-sheet thrashing on this checklist, we now have Chicago Fireplace’s 7-0 victory over Sporting Kansas Metropolis away from residence in July 2001.
Piotr Novak was a person on a mission for Chicago, as the previous Polish worldwide scored twice and contributed with two assists – guiding his group to victory.
Chicago Fireplace had been 2-0 up after simply seven minutes and added their ultimate three matches within the final 9 minutes, beginning and ending the match fantastically.
5. New York Metropolis FC 0-7 New York Pink Bulls (Might 2016)
Regardless of having soccer legends like David Villa and Andrea Pirlo on the pitch, New York Metropolis FC had been crushed 7-0 by their native rivals, New York Pink Bulls, in Might 2016.
Dax McCarthy opened the scoring with a header after three minutes and Bradley Wright-Phillips scored a five-minute brace within the ultimate levels of the opening half – earlier than NYRB scored 4 within the second half.
This end result stood alone as New York Pink Bulls’ largest victory of all-time till very not too long ago, which we’ll get onto later, and that is nonetheless New York Metropolis FC’s largest defeat ever.
4. Atlanta United FC 7-0 New England Revolution (September 2017)
A 39-minute hat-trick from Josef Martinez put Atlanta United FC 3-0 up in opposition to New England Revolution, placing them on monitor to win 7-0 in September 2017.
This thrashing continues to be the largest win in Atlanta’s historical past, with their second coming within the 2022 US Open Cup after beating Chattanooga FC 6-0 in April of that 12 months.
As for New England Revolution, that is nonetheless their largest defeat of all-time, with their second-highest defeats coming in at 6-0 in 2009 and 2000.
3. Philadelphia Union 7-0 D.C. United (July 2022)
A group that was talked about earlier on this checklist was D.C. United, beating Toronto 7-1, nonetheless, they had been on the receiving finish of a 7-0 drubbing from Philadelphia Union in July 2022.
Julian Carranza bagged a hat-trick whereas additionally lacking a penalty, which if he scored would have made this the largest victory within the historical past of Main League Soccer.
Philadelphia had been 5-0 up going into the second-half and apparently, D.C. United’s two largest defeats within the MLS have come by the hands of Philly.
2. New York Pink Bulls 7-0 Los Angeles Galaxy (Might 2025)
Now for the match that we touched on earlier, and the newest end result on this checklist, we now have New York Pink Bulls’ 7-0 victory over LA Galaxy on Might 10, 2025.
After successful the illustrious MLS Cup in 2024, many anticipated LA Galaxy to be competing for the trophy as soon as once more – nonetheless the long-lasting franchise has made a depressing begin to their season up to now.
LA Galaxy have picked up simply three factors from the opening 12 matches and as of Might 12, they’re but to win a sport within the MLS and have conceded probably the most targets out of any aspect from each conferences.
This was cemented following their 7-0 defeat to New York Pink Bulls, as the 2 sides met for the primary time for the reason that 2024 MLS Cup playoff ultimate.
Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting scored a brace within the opening 31-minutes and Emile Forsberg contributed with a purpose and help to assist NYRB choose up a 7-0 win – the largest defeat in LA Galaxy’s historical past.
1. FC Dallas 1-8 Los Angeles Galaxy (June 1998)
Now we now have the largest defeat in MLS historical past, and a few higher information for LA Galaxy followers, because the all-time MLS Cup winners beat FC Dallas 8-1 in June 1998.
Though the deficit is seven targets, we now have put this as primary as it’s the solely sport to see a group rating eight targets in a Main League Soccer match.
Dallas scored within the forty fourth minute to make the rating 2-1 to LA Galaxy, nonetheless, LA scored a minute after, then added one other two minutes into the second-half after which one other 4 between the 81st and 87th minute.
