RSL vs. LA Galaxy: What just happened?

Real Salt Lake's loss to LA Galaxy tonight was, in a word, horrendous.

I don't know if that's the right word, but it's certainly a word that describes it. Does it describe it as fully as it could? No.

In trying to figure out what happened tonight, it becomes increasingly easy to figure it out. In previous matches, we played like we had at least one defensive midfielder. Against LA Galaxy, we played like we had none. Let's take a look.

The first one

Look at this.