Published October 15, 2026 · By the Goalorithm model desk
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Match report
Los Angeles Galaxy beat Portland Timbers 2-0 in Major League Soccer on Wednesday, October 14, leading 1-0 at the interval before completing the win. The final score records two goals for Los Angeles Galaxy and no goals for Portland Timbers, with two goals across the match.
The result came with both sides registering 5 and 5 shots respectively. The shot-on-target and expected-goals figures provide further detail on the match, while the scoreline records the decisive difference: Los Angeles Galaxy found the net and Portland Timbers did not.
The numbers
Possession was 52% for Los Angeles Galaxy and 48% for Portland Timbers. Those figures describe how the ball was shared over the match; they sit alongside a shot count of 5 for Los Angeles Galaxy and 5 for Portland Timbers. The attempt totals alone do not tell the whole story of the scoring, so the shots on target and expected goals add useful context.
Los Angeles Galaxy put 3 shots on target, while Portland Timbers recorded 2. Expected goals were 0.93 for Los Angeles Galaxy and 0.35 for Portland Timbers. The expected-goals figures offer a measure of the chances created, rather than a second account of the goals actually scored. In this match, the actual outcome was settled by the goals reflected in the final score.
The corner counts were 1 for Los Angeles Galaxy and 2 for Portland Timbers. Goalkeepers made 2 and 2 saves respectively. Taken together, these figures give a record of several parts of the contest: possession, attempts, efforts on target, expected goals, corners and saves. They describe the match without changing its defining fact, that Los Angeles Galaxy finished with the win and Portland Timbers with no goals.