Maybe you noticed, goalkeeper Nick Rimando had his Lakers uniform working again, against the Los Angeles Galaxy at the Home Depot Center over the weekend.

And it wasn't a coincidence.

“That was when we got our first road win last year, with that same color,” Rimando said, “so I figured I'd pull it out, and the Lakers were in the championship again, so it helped out a little bit.”

To be sure, the Southern California native didn't have his Laker regalia in quite full bloom, the way he did when RSL beat Chivas USA at the Home Depot Center last year.

In that game, in which RSL snapped a five-game road losing streak by beating Chivas 1-0 on June 14, Rimando wore a purple jersey and bright yellow shorts and socks. But in the 2-0 win over the Galaxy, in which RSL snapped a six-game road winless streak (with five losses), Rimando wore merely the purple jersey, with black shorts and yellow shoes.

Still, it worked.

Rimando made five outstanding saves — he made four against Chivas last year — and RSL stole the full three points on the road for the first time since last Sept. 27. The Lakers came out all right, too.