Not only is David Beckham leaving, but Juninho, the Los Angeles Galaxy’s other central midfielder, won’t be back in2012. The 22-year-old Brazilian has signed a three-year agreement to return to Sao Paulo. Juninho signed with the Galaxy on loan from Sao Paulo in 2010 and emerged as of the bestBrazilian finds in league history. Sao […]
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Beckham to PSG: Oui!
The Paris daily Le Parisien reports that David Beckham will he headed to Paris St. Germain: “C’est fait!” (“It’s done!”). The move to leave the Los AngelesGalaxy follows four months of negotiations. An agreement in principle has been reached on an 18-month contract — through the end of the 2012-13 season — and a contract […]
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Donovan: 'Once a Toffee, always a Toffee'
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Landon Donovan‘s tweet early on Thursday signaled the move: “Once a Toffee, always a Toffee.” If he was to leave the MLS champion Los Angeles Galaxy is was going to be to Everton. And if he was rejoining the Toffees, it was going to again be on loan. The29-year-old Donovan returns to an […]
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Berhalter good coaching catch at home or overseas
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Gregg Berhalter won’t the first former U.S. international to coach in Europe, but his hiring bySwedish Superettan club Hammarby shows that retiring Americans with long and diverse playing careers now make just as good coaching candidates overseas as players from any other country. He spent six seasons in the Netherlands (six seasons with […]
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Galaxy signs Brazilian midfielder
[MLS TRANSACTIONS] The makeover of the recently crowned MLS Cup champion continues. Brazilian midfielder Marcelo Savras, who impressed Galaxyplayers and coaches when they faced him in Concacaf Champions League group play a few months ago, has been acquired from Costa Rican club LD Alajuelense. Savras, 30, is the latest piece ina renovation that has sent […]
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Galaxy plays pick six in Stage 2
[MLS RE-ENTRY DRAFT] Los Angeles selected six players, including two of its own players from the roster that won MLS Cup last month, in Stage 2 of the MLSRe-Entry Draft conducted Monday. Chicago and New England also selected multiple players, but the Galaxy by itself accounted for one-half of the 12 selections made by five […]
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Keane rescues L.A. in Melbourne
[GALAXY TOUR] In what may have been the last game for David Beckham in a Los Angeles Galaxy uniform, the MLS championsbeat Australia’s Melbourne Victory in a shootout following a 2-2 tie before 34,608 fans at Etihad Stadium on Tuesday night in Melbourne. Two penalty kicks by Robbie Keane erased a 2-0 first-half deficit, and […]
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Pacquiao watches Azkals get crushed
[GALAXY TOUR] Retiring Gregg Berhalter and Adam Cristman (two goals) joined DPstars David Beckham, Robbie Keane and Landon Donovan in getting into the actwith goals in the Los Angeles Galaxy’s 6-1 win over the the Philippines National Team in Saturday’s friendly. Filipino boxing icon Manny Pacquiao was among thefans on hand in the sellout crowd […]
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Beckham heads to Asia with Galaxy
[MLS SPOTLIGHT] Aside from a few friendlies on the Galaxy’s pre-Christmas foreign tour, David Beckham may have represented MLS for the lasttime when he celebrated the league championship with his teammates a week ago Sunday at Home Depot Center. It’s a measure of his reputation and fame that he’s very much in thenews, with offers […]
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Beckham's Galaxy: More boring than scoring
By Paul Gardner Now that the Galaxy (or as it’s far too often defined, “David Beckham’s Galaxy”) has won MLS Cup, we can settle down to have a bit of aponder about its manner of claiming the title. Beckham has had his say, “We were incredible” is his modest opinion. Were they? Are they worthy […]