David Beckham's reent ejection from a youth soccer game has been receiving a lot of attention in
the press. To hear Becks describe it, he quite rightly protested a referee ejecting a 7-year old
from a youth soccer game and the ref kicked him out of the park as a result.
If Beckham's telling is accurate, it seems the ref overreacted twice and this is all much ado
about nothing.
He's baaack!
I like to think my post yesterday made the difference. That it was the final piece that brought
Buddle back. Okay, maybe not. But I can still think that.
I was excited when Buddle first joined the Galaxy. He was not so highly rated, but I had seen
him play and thought he had a lot of potential.
And I'm not talking about Beckham's 2-year $15 million contract.
I'm talking about Omar Gonzalez. Last month Omar pulled out of the national team training camp
for a very exciting loan move to Nurnberg. His very first day there he suffered a season ending
injury at the hands well, feet of his USMNT teammate Timmy Chandler.
It should probably come as no surprise that the Galaxy have traded Donovan Ricketts to the
Montreal Impact in exchange for allocation funds. Ricketts has statistically been the best keeper
in the league. But when he went out with injury this season, Saunders took the starting role.
Ricketts is older and costs more, so it isn't such a stretch to understand why Arena would part
with him rather than Saunders.
Does it make me a guy that after the game was over all I wanted to do was curl up and go to
sleep? Okay, I stayed for a little bit of cuddling and pillow talk, but when it was over I was
done.
In the last few posts I've talked about manifest destiny and how this was our time. But all
along the way I have been bracing myself for the possibility it might not happen.
There it is. For 5 years we have been yearning for it. For 5 years David Beckham has been
reaching for it. This weekend, it is finally and definitively within our grasp. We have a very real
chance of taking home the MLS Cup. I don't know about you, but I'm excited.
The only really significant news I've heard in the lead up is the injury to Chad Barrett, which
will keep him out of the cup.
I can't be the only one who still finds himself humming "This is LA...." every few minutes.
Sunday night was the most thrilling night I have ever spent at the HDC. I don't think I have
ever heard the crowd louder. My favorite fans, pictured above, cheered their brains out, as it
seems did 20,000 other fans.
Okay, so we didn't have proton packs. But But Bobby Brown's words otherwise ring true:
"So they packed up, regrouped, got a grip, camera quick.
Grabbed their proton packs on their backs and they split."
Maybe Thierry Henry is no Vigo, but there is something about our boys traveling to NY in 45
degree weather on a snow soaked field and bringing home a W that actually makes me want to sing
Bobby Brown songs.
Supporters Shield
It may not be much to look at. It may not be as meaningful as the cup. But once again, it is
ours. With Seattle's loss to San Jose the Galaxy have clinched the MLS Supporters Shield for the
second year in a row. In simple terms, that means they won the league by securing more regular
season points than any other team (with two games to spare!
I couldn't watch the New York game, but honestly didn't really care. Funny how when we played
them at home early in the season it was one of the most anticipated games of the whole year. But
times have changed. The Galaxy have already clinched a playoff berth and are a hair's breadth away
from the supporters shield.
There cannot be a true Galaxy fan alive today who does not love them some Brazilian. A Brazilian
apparently named Vitor, specifically. Twice now I've seen game rosters with that name and tried to
figure out if the Galaxy signed some new player. But when you see our magical little Brazilian elf
on the field, there is no doubt it is Juninho.
Remember Chinatown? It is a great movie about water rights, land development, and conspiracy,
starring a young Jack Nicholson and Faye Dunaway. There is an iconic, incest revealing scene in
which Nicholson is trying to determine Dunaway's relationship to this girl. He keeps slapping her
and with each slap she switches from "my sister" to "my daughter.
Remember Chinatown? It is a great movie about water rights, land development, and conspiracy,
starring a young Jack Nicholson and Faye Dunaway. There is an iconic, incest revealing scene in
which Nicholson is trying to determine Dunaway's relationship to this girl. He keeps slapping her
and with each slap she switches from "my sister" to "my daughter.
Remember Chinatown? It is a great movie about water rights, land development, and conspiracy,
starring a young Jack Nicholson and Faye Dunaway. There is an iconic, incest revealing scene in
which Nicholson is trying to determine Dunaway's relationship to this girl. He keeps slapping her
and with each slap she switches from "my sister" to "my daughter.
Remember Chinatown? It is a great movie about water rights, land development, and conspiracy,
starring a young Jack Nicholson and Faye Dunaway. There is an iconic, incest revealing scene in
which Nicholson is trying to determine Dunaway's relationship to this girl. He keeps slapping her
and with each slap she switches from "my sister" to "my daughter.
