David Beckham set Saturday’s showdown with the Columbus Crew as the date for his return to action with the Los Angeles Galaxy, but he is more likely to playagainst D.C. United a week later. The Englishman has been sidelined for almost six months after tearing his left Achilles’ tendon and is anxious to play again. […]
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Teams facing harsh truth of the table
[MLS] Not many leagues allow their teams to rejigger and retool for three-quarters of the season, but MLS has been playing for more than five months and stillteams have another week or so before the roster freeze date/trading deadline of Sept. 15. Yet while changes in personnel and fortunes may yet arise, it’s time to […]
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Beckhams begin downsizing
With homes in California, England, France and Dubai, Los Angeles Galaxy star David Beckham and his wife, Victoria,employ a staff of about 50 worldwide to look after their properties, but they’ve begun making layoffs in cost-cutting measures. “David and Victoria are multi-millionaires,” a familyfriend told the London tabloid Sun, “but that doesn’t mean they have […]
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SA RANKINGS: Slim pickings for many forwards
[MLS] The last of our stories ranking each MLS team by position focuses on the forwards. Their productivity this season is an important factor, but eachteam’s cast of forwards is also evaluated by depth, consistency, and quality of play. Only Los Angeles, Real Salt Lake, Columbus and FC Dallas are scoring considerably more than onegoal […]
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SA RANKINGS: Galaxy backliners on top
[MLS] In the second installment of ranking each MLS team by position, the defensive units are presented. Performance, depth and consistency are the criteriaused to evaluate the caliber of personnel. 1. LOS ANGELES. Preseason ranking: 3. The mix of experience (GreggBerhalter, Todd Dunivant) and youth (Omar Gonzalez, Sean Franklin, A.J. DeLaGarza) is formidable. How Coach […]
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L.A. Galaxy: effective, yes, but hardly imaginative
At this point of the MLS season, we are faced with the unappetizing thought that the L.A. Galaxy might win the whole thing. An eventuality that is worth pondering, because a Galaxy championshipwould be accomplished with a team playing remorselessly pragmatic soccer. The Galaxy, truth be told, is not a particularly entertaining outfit. It came […]
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SA RANKINGS: Real Salt Lake keepers are the best
[MLS] At the start of the MLS season, Soccer America ranked each team by position. With the domestic transfer window closed and about a monthremaining for teams to make moves (the trade deadline and roster freeze date is Sept. 15), the updated rankings start with the goalkeepers. 13. HOUSTON (Pat Onstad, Tally Hall). Preseason: 3. […]
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Real Salt Lake on a roll; San Jose moves up
[MLS] The Galaxy got back on track by beating New York, 1-0, at a soldout Red Bull Arena, and Western Conference rival Real Salt Lake kept up the pressure bydowning Columbus, 2-0, to stay within four points of the overall leader. There wasn’t much movement elsewhere in the standings, although San Jose snuck into the […]
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Young Tim Ream copes well with MLS 'brute force'
[INTERVIEW] Stylish New Red Bulls rookie central defender Tim Ream, a 22-year-old St. Louis product, has started all 19 of his team’sgames and must surely be on the U.S. national team radar. He’ll be tested on Saturday in front of a sellout crowd at Red Bull Arena when he plays alongside DP teammates Rafael Marquezand […]
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Welcome to the FutureWorld of American soccer
[MLS] After trailing the Los Angeles Galaxy, 2-0, at halftime at the buzzing Rose Bowl, packed with 89,134 fans, the real Real Madrid smoked the top-ranked MLSteam for three goals in 19 minutes. A 3-2 win might have been by a larger score, for once Real cranked up the intensity, no one in a Galaxy […]