Veteran soccer writer Scott Reid of the Orange County Register doesn’t think much of David Beckham‘s trip to London toattend Friday’s royal wedding. He calls Beckham’s decision to skip the Los Angeles Galaxy’s preparations for Sunday’s game at Dallas the latest in a series of snubs at the Galaxy and thelatest example of why Major […]
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Advent of 'The Big Three?'
[MLS] Once the fate of RSL in the Concacaf Champions League Wednesday night is known, it and two other teams can get serious about proving which of them is topsin MLS. New York and Los Angeles laid strong claims last weekend by pounding out impressive wins. The Red Bulls destroyed D.C. United, 4-0, at RFK […]
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Donovan and Montero end droughts
[MLS GOLEADORES] Landon Donovan‘s two goals in the Los Angeles Galaxy’s 3-0 win over the Portland Timbers ended ascoring of 11-plus league matches and 1,002 minutes. * Fredy Montero ended a scoring drought that covered his past 16 games and 1,290 minutes inall competitions for the Seattle Sounders when he scored to give the Sounders […]
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Beckham to attend royal wedding
David Beckham will fly to London to attend next Friday’s royal wedding between Britain’s Prince William and fiancee KateMiddleton and then fly to Dallas the next morning for the Los Angeles Galaxy’s game that day with FC Dallas in a rematch of last year’s MLS Western Conference final. “Obviously,it’s not ideal with the travel, but […]
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Leonardo out for season with knee injury
At training Tuesday, Los Angeles Galaxy head coach Bruce Arena confirmed that Brazilian centerback Leonardo isprobably out for the season with a knee injury. In the final seconds of a 2-1 victory over Chicago Sunday, Leonardo collided with Fire attacker PatrickNyarko and fell to the ground clutching his knee. Torn anterior and lateral cruciate ligaments […]
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Out of the gate: Who's hot, who's not
[MLS POWER RANKINGS] Here’s a rundown as to where the 18 MLS teams stand after 10 games (two apiece for Seattle and Los Angeles), based on last season’s recordsand what they’ve shown to date in 2011: 1. REAL SALT LAKE. Normally, outside competitions don’t factor into the MLS rankings, but this early in the season, […]
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Jokes of the Week: Ferguson's 'punishment' and Beckham's 'fitness'
By Paul Gardner This is actually quite funny — assuming that you like wry jokes. The English FA has finally had enough of Alex Ferguson’s antics, with hisrepeated aspersions directed at referees who don’t officiate games in a way that he likes. So the FA has fined Ferguson $48,000 and suspended him for three games […]
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Galaxy sinks Sounders in MLS opener
[MLS] The players who didn’t play generated nearly as much buzz as those who did as MLS staged its 2011 league opener Tuesday night. Because of illness,Juan Pablo Angel didn’t make his Galaxy debut, and defender Omar Gonzalez also sat out the match. And only hours before MLS First Kick 2011, the Seattle Soundersannounced that […]
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The Galaxy at David's Beckham-call
By Paul Gardner I would have thought — I’d bet most people would have thought — that when you pay an athlete astronomical sums for his services, you get to tell himwhen he must make himself available, no? Not when his name’s David Beckham, it seems. Here you have the Los Angeles Galaxy, or maybe […]
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Preseason training camps and schedules
[MLS] FC Dallas, the Los Angeles Galaxy and New England Revolution have announced plans for preseason training. Twelve MLS teams will train in Arizona, ninewill be in Florida and two teams will travel to Southern California. In addition, three teams each will head to South Carolina and Georgia for tournaments in March. The only teams […]