The Galaxy, in need of help on its backline, landed Brazilian defender David Junior Lopes on Tuesday in a trade with Chivas USA, who got Uruguayan midfielder Paolo Cardozo in return.
Four games into he Major League Soccer season, the defending champion Galaxy finds itself stuck in the Western Conference cellar, having allowed a conference-high eight goals. And with Omar Gonzalez, last year's MLS defender of the year, not expected back from knee surgery until summer, the Galaxy needed to add depth immediately.
