日期：2017年7月15日
地點：Stubhub 中心
入場人數：25667
進球者：桑托斯 79分鐘，羅姆尼 88分鐘；拉什福德 2分鐘、20分鐘，費萊尼 26分鐘，姆希塔良 67分鐘，馬夏爾 72分鐘
曼聯在周日正式展開由 Aon 呈獻的2017季前賽之旅的首站比賽，最終在 Stubhub 中心大勝美國本土球隊洛杉磯銀河。
3年前，曼聯曾在玫瑰碗取得一場7比0的大勝，今天這場季前賽，紅魔同樣取得夢幻般的開局表現。拉什福德在開場僅2分鐘，就接應林加德的傳中，精彩地攻破了洛杉磯銀河的大門。第20分鐘，拉什福德再下一城。6分鐘後，林加德突入禁區後助攻費萊尼把比分改寫為3比0。
下半場比賽開始後，曼聯更換了全部出場陣容。兩位新援林德洛夫和盧卡庫悉數登場，後者的一次射門被對方門將撲出。姆希塔良和馬夏爾在下半場比賽里各打進一球。比賽末段，桑托斯和羅姆尼也為洛杉磯銀河各打進一球。紅魔最終在首場季前賽中5比2大勝洛杉磯銀河。
MATCH IN BRIEF
Manchester United kicked off Tour 2017, presented by Aon, in impressive fashion thanks to another thrashing of LA Galaxy.
Three years ago United strolled to a 7-0 victory at the Rose Bowl and the players wasted no time in picking up where they left off, scoring a goal after just two minutes through Marcus Rashford’s fine finish following a Jesse Lingard interception.
Juan Mata saw a fine clipped shot well saved before the Spaniard, on 20 minutes, set Rashford up for another excellent goal. Six minutes later it was 3-0 when the lively Lingard turned in the box and found Marouane Fellaini, who thrashed the ball home.
Lingard went close with an effort soon after, as did Mata, while Chris Smalling had a goal ruled out just before the break for offside. Rashford had the perfect opportunity to complete his hat-trick on the stroke of half-time after being put clean through by a sublime Michael Carrick pass but Galaxy goalkeeper Jon Kempin thwarted his attempt.
The second half began with a completely new United line-up as Mourinho stuck to his promise of giving as many players as possible 45 minutes. Two of the second-period arrivals were new signings Victor Lindelof and Romelu Lukaku, and the latter wasted no time in seeing an early effort on goal saved.
Anthony Martial and Henrikh Mkhitaryan were both denied by goalkeeper Jon Kempin, but he could do little to stop Mkhitaryan when the Armenian intercepted the ball before being set up by Martial to slot home. The Frenchman then finished with aplomb after being found in the box by a Tim Fosu-Mensah centre.
The Galaxy pulled a couple of goals back in the final 11 minutes through Giovani dos Santos, but it was too little too late for the hosts as United ran out deserved winners.
TALKING POINT
It was a big night for two players in the squad as new signings Victor Lindelof and Romelu Lukaku experienced how it felt to pull on the Red shirt for the first time, and both looked more than comfortable.
Lukaku was involved in all of United’s positive attacking play and such was his determination to do well he even ended the night with a ripped shirt as he gave everything for the cause.
Lindelof, meanwhile, had a great opportunity to score his first goal but blasted over the bar from close range when a corner dropped to him. He looked at ease as part of a back three and made a brilliant sliding tackle towards the end of the match as Emmanuel Boateng threatened.
TRENDING TOPICS
There were a number of topics relating to the match trending. #LAvMUN and #MUTOUR were popular hashtags, as was #UnitedInRed following encouragement from our social channels for fans to wear red and share their selfies. #Rashford and #Kempin were also posted a lot in relation the youngster’s fine strikes and Kempin’s theatrics in goal to prevent an even bigger difference in the scoreline.
SPOTTED
Scattered around the StubHub Center were a number of famous faces. The most recognisable of all was a former player for both teams, a certain Mr David Beckham, who waved to the crowd when the big screen cameras panned to him. The former England captain remains a hero to both sets of supporters.
Also in attendance were a handful personalities who had attended training earlier in the week, in the shape of Harry Potter and Batman star Gary Oldman, Lord of the Rings』 Dominic Monaghan and Games of Thrones actor Conleth Hill. The latter was joined by fellow cast-mate Joe Dempsie, while comedian and lifelong United fan Patrick Kielty was also cheering on the Reds.