LA Galaxy Gets Encouraging Riqui Puig Injury Update

Puig shared an Instagram story in which he is seen training intensely on his own. A sign that his return is closer than ever.

When Will Riqui Puig Play Again for the LA Galaxy?

LA Galaxy hopes to have Puig available for the start of the 2026 MLS season. A month ago, head coach Greg Vanney shared his expectations on the matter.

"We’re already starting the reintegration of Riqui in our group in training, and you can already sense a different momentum in the group in a different way of how he impacts the game," Vanney said, via Los Angeles Daily News. "He’s such a unique player and how he impacts the game."

"He’s a phenomenal soccer player," he added. "I mean, just the second he gets on the field, the passes that he hits, the things that he sees, how he uses everybody around the field, is just so different. It’s so different than anything that we had going on this year in the midfield. It’s unique."

Vanney also made it clear that he expects Puig to be fully involved in the 2026 training camp before the start of the next season.

"I wouldn’t say that he’s up to full speed by any stretch," he claimed. "But the trust they have that he’s going to see and play the balls that he needs to play, gives them the faith and the trust to make the runs that they need to make."

"It’s interesting to see how quickly those things kind of fall in. There’s a lot of work to do," Vanney added. "The goal is before we leave this three-week period, that he will be fully in, defending, attacking, doing all the things."