By Ridge Mahoney (@ridgemax) Quick turnarounds are not uncommon during the regular season, andthe four Knockout-Round survivors play again on short rest when they host conference semifinals on Sunday. Montreal, the only lower seed to advance, heads home to Stade Saputo to play theRed Bulls. The other three winners, after prevailing at home, stay put […]
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What They're Saying: Landon Donovan
“If [Lionel] Messi scored a goal like that, people would be talking about it for weeks. These guys have been telling me, since I’ve been back, that he has that in him. He wasterrific and we need him to play like that.” — Landon Donovan on 21-year-old teammate Emmanuel Boateng‘s winning goal for the LA […]
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MLS Countdown: Donovan, Gordon are Galaxy wild cards
His first start since returning from retirement pleased his coach more than it did Landon Donovan. After going 60 minutes in 90-degree heat Sunday against Houston, Donovanresorted – as he often does –- to honesty. “It might be my last start,” he said to the team’s Web site. “I almost died a few times.” Head […]
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Hex Files: USA-Mexico, Dos a Cero, Rounds 1-4
The USA and Mexico are headed back to Columbus on Nov. 11. The USA’s Dos a Cero streak stands at four games. It continued in 2013 when Clint Dempsey skied a penalty kick late in the match thatkept the score at 2-0. For a look back at the first four meetings, and how we graded […]
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What They're Saying: Landon Donovan
“Listen, I’ve got an 8-month-old at home. Diapers are expensive. I wish I was getting the benefits of AARP right now. But I think they probably realized I might have a little time left in me,this old guy.” — The 34-year-old un-retired Landon Donovan, who scored in the Galaxy’s 2-2 tie at Kansas City after […]
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Video Pick: Donovan scores his 145th MLS goal
Landon Donovanscored 144 MLS regular-season goals plus 25 playoff goals before retiring after winning the 2014 MLS Cup. On Sunday, 18 minutes into his comeback, Donovan scored his145th MLS regular-season goal, the equalizer in the Galaxy’s 2-2 tie with Sporting Kansas City.
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What They're Saying: Jurgen Klinsmann
“So obviously he’s been gone for quite a while, coming back is not going to be easy for him, but with the experience of Bruce Arena at the Galaxy I’m sure that they’regoing to time him the right way and build him the right way towards the playoffs.” — U.S. national team coach Jurgen Klinsmann, […]
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MLS Power Rankings: Toronto FC takes over top spot
Toronto FC’s third win in the last four games moved it atop Soccer America’s MLS Power Rankings in place of FC Dallas, which dropped to third after a 1-0 loss toColorado. Despite surrendering a last-second equalizer at home to D.C. United, the Red Bulls moved up a notch into second as the only team to […]
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MLS Talking Points: Donovan has long way to go
Landon Donovan returned to MLS on Sunday, making a cameo appearance in the LA Galaxy’s 4-2 win over Orlando City. He entered in the 83rd minute with the game already won. Afterward, Galaxycoach Bruce Arena said that was the only circumstances he’d have played Donovan. “You see he has a long way to go,” said […]
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MLS Moves: Landon is back!
Fifteen years ago, terrorist attacks that killed almost 3,000 people and forever changed America also changed forever the significance in this country of Sept. 11. But that’s not likely tobe the main topic when Galaxy players, coaches, and officials are besieged by questions at a training session Friday. Instead, the stunning news that Landon Donovan […]