PASADENA, Calif. (AP) -- Mauricio Cienfuegos' goal in the fourth
minute gave the Los Angeles Galaxy a 1-0 victory over the Columbus
Crew on Tuesday night.
Luis Hernandez set up the game's lone score, passing to
Cienfuegos, who sprinted past Columbus midfielder John DeBrito.
Cienfuegos then put a shot from the top of the penalty area past
goalkeeper Mark Dougherty.
Los Angeles (9-5-7) improved to a league-best 8-0-1 when scoring
first.
"Offensively, it was much better," Los Angeles coach Sigi
Schmid said. "I think we were unfortunate that we didn't get three
or four goals."
Columbus coach Tom Fitzgerald said his team played poorly in the
first half.
"In the second half we made a few substitutions, seemed to get
back in the game a little bit, we just couldn't get the
equalizer," he said.
The game was played before an MLS-season record crowd of 53,844
at the Rose Bowl, beating the mark of 53,126, set earlier Tuesday
night at Colorado.