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Over the winter the team sold Dejan Joveljic, its leading scorer in the playoffs, and traded midfielders Mark Delgado and Gastón Brugman, the MLS Cup MVP.

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Four others, including MLS Cup most valuable player Gaston Brugman and forward Dejan Joveljc, who scored a playoff-high six goals, had to be traded to get the team under the league’s tight salary cap.

Among the missing were MLS Cup MVP Gastón Brugman and Dejan Joveljic, who scored the winning goal in the final.

As a result, the Galaxy will open their title defense Sunday against San Diego FC missing five key players from their championship team, including Gastón Brugman, the MLS Cup most valuable player and Joveljic, their leading scorer.