Real Madrid beat the LA Galaxy 4–1 in the 2011 World Football Challenge. The exhibition match was played on July 16, 2011, at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.
The game matched the Spanish powerhouse Real Madrid against the Los Angeles-based MLS club. Real Madrid’s goals came from José Callejón, Joselu, Cristiano Ronaldo and Karim Benzema, while the Galaxy scored once. The result was part of Real Madrid’s preseason tour of the United States.
The World Football Challenge was an international summer competition designed to bring prominent European and North American clubs together. It was not the FIFA Club World Cup or a regular MLS fixture, so the match’s competitive context is sometimes misunderstood.
Real Madrid went on to beat Guadalajara and the Philadelphia Union during the 2011 event. Its strong results helped the club finish at the top of the tournament standings, ahead of Manchester United on goal difference.