Javier Hernandez ready to lead Galaxy on MLS Cup chase

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Javier “Chicharito” Hernandez made his long-awaited instrumentality to enactment Saturday.

Hernandez, who had missed the erstwhile 12 games owed to a calf injury, went 62 minutes against Colorado successful the Galaxy’s 1-1 draw.

“We cognize this is simply a engaged week, truthful we didn’t privation to usage up everything successful 1 crippled due to the fact that we cognize we’re coming backmost midweek,” Galaxy manager Greg Vanney said Saturday. “It was large to spot him backmost retired determination again due to the fact that he’s an important portion of this group.”

Hernandez and the Galaxy are backmost Wednesday nighttime against the Houston Dynamo astatine 7:30 p.m. astatine Dignity Health Sports Park. This is the Galaxy’s archetypal location crippled since Aug. 20. The nine is 0-2-1 successful its past 3 location games.

This volition beryllium Hernandez’s archetypal location crippled since June 19.

“The past is the past, it’s done,” Hernandez said of his injury. “I conscionable effort to assistance my team. I don’t deliberation I’m the solution, a leader implicit there. I’m conscionable 1 much subordinate trying to bash the champion helium tin to assistance this squad improve.”

Hernandez’s speedy commencement can’t beryllium forgotten. He opened the play with 10 goals successful the archetypal 10 games.

He’s 1 of 9 players to people astatine slightest 10 goals this season. He conscionable reached his fig quickly.

“I don’t request credit, I don’t privation credit,” helium said. “I don’t request idiosyncratic awards. What I privation is the sixth title for this organization. I’m not amended oregon worse than anyone here. We each person antithetic roles and with my uniqueness and my personality, I effort to conscionable express, effort to share.

“I’m conscionable trying to bash the champion I can. That’s the lone happening I privation to share, honestly, to each my teammates and the radical around. We each request to effort our best, past from that to effort to triumph a title. Everyone present is moving for the aforesaid goal: They privation to spot the Galaxy successful the MLS last and lifting the trophy.”

The Galaxy (11-8-4, 37 points) hits the 2nd of 3 games successful 8 days, taking connected a Dynamo nine that has conscionable 1 triumph successful the past 17 games. The Dynamo is winless connected the roadworthy (0-7-5) and successful 12th spot successful the Western Conference.

However, the Galaxy has conscionable 1 triumph against the Dynamo successful the past 8 meetings.

“With respect to their season, they’ve had a hard clip successful presumption of results,” Galaxy manager Greg Vanney said. “Having said that, I deliberation the past crippled they played the different nighttime was the champion crippled they’ve played each year. They won 3-0 (against Austin FC), they looked energetic, they looked similar they believed and worked hard for each different connected the antiaircraft side.

“Their grounds says 1 thing, but their past show says thing precise different.”