Joseph Paintsil completed his first career MLS hat trick before halftime and the LA Galaxy romped to a 4-1 win over visiting Sporting Kansas City on Saturday night.

Diego Fagundez added a goal and an assist, and Paintsil assisted Fagundez's second-half goal in a match between two Western Conference sides who were already eliminated from playoff contention.

Mauricio Cuevas and Gabriel Pec also contributed two assists each for LA (5-17-9, 24 points), which has earned all of its wins this season at home since May 31.

Dejan Joveljic scored the lone goal for Kansas City (7-19-6, 27 points) against his former club to briefly cut his current side's deficit in half.

Sporting finished the match with 10 men after Shapi Suleymanov was sent off by referee Fotis Bozakos for his 83rd-minute challeng

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