Saunders was the weakest link in that defensive unit last year. Unfortunately for him, the unit isn’t as solid this year as last which in a league where depth is virtually non-existent makes perfect sense.

It would be tough for an LA team firing on all cylinders as they were in 2011 to win in SJ. This year’s team is NOT on the same page.

Dude looks like he can’t wait for the offseason.

Reasoning: If you watch the ball it hits Omar in the side of the leg, which takes a good deal of sting off the shot as it squeezes through. I’m not 100% convinced if he had been standing perfectly still it wouldn’t have still squeezed through as it was placed basically right between Omar and the other defender. It wasn’t as if Omar jumped and it went untouched under both feet, it was to the side of him. If anything not only should he not have jumped but the wall should have been tighter.

All that being said Saunders had a routine save to make their. I say routine not in the place of the word easy but in a save that all professional level goalkeepers would be expected to make. He has plenty of time to see the ball, is not at full stretch, and most the power was taken away by Omar’s leg.

Especially with the run up that Bernardez took, it was highly unlikely that he was going for top corner placement. Anything that goes over the wall is ending up in row 15. So, jumping is a major fault on Gonzalez’s part. Saunders had an opportunity to cover for Gonzalez’s mistake in what appeared to be a savable ball, but flubbed it. That’s why he shares some of the responsibility. However, if Gonzalez did his job properly, it never would have come to Saunders having to make a save. I don’t feel you can equally fault somebody for covering for somebody else’s mistake.

Seriously, we have and will again talk about the Galaxy, who seem to have hit a sticking point at the worst possible time.