"A bad day at work": LAFC's six-minute collapse against San Jose
LAFC defender Ryan Porteous (5) blocks the ball during an MLS game between LAFC and San Jose Earthquakes on Sunday, April 19, 2026 at BMO Stadium In Los Angeles Calif LOS ANGELES -- LAFC didn’t just lose to San Jose on Sunday. They broke, all at once, in a way they haven’t all season. The six-minute collapse that turned a scoreless match into a 3-0 deficit wasn’t pinned on tactics alone in the postgame locker room.
Instead, a consistent theme ran through head coach Marc Dos Santos. Not fatigue as an excuse, but a drop in sharpness — mental, physical, and collective — that this team insists can’t happen again. Dos Santos didn’t dance around it.
“It was our worst game, in my opinion, our worst game this season defensively,” he said. “When we press, we were disjointed. We were not close to each other.
” That disconnection showed up in the exact moments that decided the match. LAFC had been one of the league’s more organized defensive sides through the opening stretch of the season, but against San Jose, the structure unraveled. Press triggers came late.
Lines stretched. Runners weren’t tracked. And when that happens, especially against a team in form, the punishment is immediate.
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