Remember if you have any questions for the players or coaches, post here before halftime and I will do what I can.
Location:
Rose Bowl, Pasadena, CA
Weather:
Sunny and 80 degrees
Referees:
Head Ref: Baldomero Toledo
Asst Ref: Corey Rockwell
Asst Ref: Chris Strickland
4th Official: Ramon Hernandez
Actual Lineups:
FC Barcelona
GK Jose Manuel Pinto
RB Marc Muniesa
CB Rafael Marquez
CB Maxwell Andrade
LB Dani Alves
RM Seydou Keita
CM Toure Yaya
LM Jonathan Dos Santos
RS Lionel Messi - Captain
CS Krkic Bojan
LS Pedro Rodriguez
Subs
GK Victor Valdes
DF Gerard Pique
DF Carlos Puyol
MF Xavi Hernandez
FW Eidur Gudjohnsen
DF Andreu Fontas
FW Thierry Henry
MF Sergio Busquets
FW Jeffren Suarez
DF Eric Abidal
DF Adriano Henrique
DF Victor Sanchez
Los Angeles Galaxy
GK Josh Saunders
RB AJ DeLaGarza
CB Omar Gonzalez
CB Tony Sanneh
LB Todd Dunivant
RM Landon Donovan
CDM Christopher Birchall
CAM David Beckham
CDM Stefani Miglioranzi
LM Eddie Lewis
CS Jovan Kirovski
Subs
GK Kevin Guppy
DF Gregg Berhalter
FW Tristan Bowen
FW Alan Gordon
MF Leonard Griffin
FW Bryan Jordan
MF Chris Klein
MF Dema Kovalenko
MF Mike Magee
DF Yohance Marshall
MF Kyle Patterson
PRE-GAME:
-Crowd erupts as Barcelona takes the field, even though the Galaxy have been warming up the whole time.

In which we learn that Alexi Lalas was in Steve Zakuani's hotel room the night before the draft, Sam Cronin got his grill busted at the combine, AJ Delagarza wears unnecessarily large earrings and Richard Jata's draft speech is still the best ever.

The Los Angeles Galaxy may be without defender Sean Franklin for the rest of the year, as the team revealed on Wednesday that the 2008 MLS Rookie of the Year has undergone surgery to repair a torn right upper hamstring tendon. Successfully performed at the Surgery Center of the Pacific in Santa Monica, the procedure requires a 4-6 month rehabilitation period, meaning Franklin could theoretically return to the lineup in the final month of the season if all goes well.

Remember if you have any questions for the players or coaches, post here before halftime and I will do what I can.
Venue:
Home Depot Center, Carson, CA
Weather:
Clear and 68 degrees
Referees:
Head Ref: Michael Kennedy
Asst Ref: Corey Rockwell
Asst Ref: David Bragg
4th Official: Kevin Stott
Actual Lineups:
Houston Dynamo (8-2-4,28pts)
GK Pat Onstad
RB Mike Chabala
CB Geoff Cameron
CB Bobby Boswell
LB Richard Mulrooney
RM Brian Mullan
CM Brad Davis
CM Stuart Holden
LM Corey Ashe
RS Brian Ching
LS Kei Kamara
Subs
Los Angeles Galaxy (2-3-9, 15pts)
GK Donovan Ricketts
RB AJ DeLaGarza
CB Omar Gonzalez
CB Gregg Berhalter
LB Todd Dunivant
RM Chris Klein
CDM Stefani Miglioranzi
CAM Jovan Kirovski
LM Eddie Lewis
RS Alan Gordon
LS Edson Buddle
Subs
PRE-GAME:
-Patrick Beatty

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More good stuff.

Simon Davies gets a nice hat tip there. He won't be playing, possibly for the rest of the year, but Roy singles him out as (essentially) an ideal pro. I think that's fair. Davies has been a 7/10 player almost every week, and as I've said before, getting him involved seems to be important for the team to really play well.

Last year's surprise package. A team with Paintsil and Konchesky at the full back spots with a better defensive record than all but the top clubs. Now THAT'S a surprise! A lot of the credit for that has to go to Schwarzer who was surely the signing of the season last year. Not only did he solidify Fulham and take them into Europe but Boro's lack of an adequate replacement doomed them to relegation.

In a replay of a game canceled due to rain, the Frisco Tournament semi-final between Crocker and Laquey was played this afternoon.

Crocker Lions 4
Laquey Hornets 0

Teddy Ziegenbien continues his scoring prowess, getting 2 goals and 2 assists while Jessie Tart and Cody Williams also scored, with assists added by Cody Gibson and AJ Imilkowski.

In a little over a year, Bruce Arena transformed one of the worst teams in the league into a contender for the 2009 MLS Cup. As a result of the remarkable turnaround, Arena was named as the 2009 Coach of the Year.

Hired to replace Ruud Guillt on August 18, 2008, Arena looked to change a Galaxy squad seen by many as in disarray.

Remember to post your questions for the players or organizations and I will attempt to get the answers for you post-game.
Lineups
Pre-Game:
-Parking lot is pretty full. Hope we get some good turnout. Already have signage up for the Angel City Brigade, LA Riot Squad, and another support group (clearly Chivas USA since it mentione rojiblank, but can't quite see the rest of it from up here)
-One player, who looks like Justin Braun, running around the outside of the pitch.

One of the not-so-surprising moves Bruce Arena made a week ago was starting Sean Franklin at right back. I think it came down to a matter of bodies; with the arrival of Gregg Berhalter, there was an excess in defense and both Tony Sanneh and Franklin got bumped out of the back as AJ De La Garza, Omar Gonzalez, Berhalter and Eddie Lewis made up the Galaxy's defense and picked up a shutout in the process.

Remember if you have any questions for the players or coaches, post here before halftime and I will do what I can.
Weather:
Cloudy, 66 Degrees
Referees:
Head Ref: Alex Prus
Asst Ref: Frank Anderson
Asst Ref: Hector Vergara
4th Official: Mark Geiger
Actual Lineups:
Columbus Crew (1-2-5, 8pts)
GK William Hesmer
RB Frankie Hejduk - Captain
CB Danny O'Rourke
CB Chad Marshall
LB Gino Padula
RM Emmanuel Ekpo
CDM Brian Carroll
CAM Eddie Gaven
LM Robbie Rogers
RS Guillermo Barros Schelotto
LS Alejandro Moreno
Subs
GK Chris Sharpe
DF Eric Brunner
MF Kevin Burns
FW Steven Lenhart
FW Pat Noonan
MF Duncan Oughton
DF Jed Zayner
LA Galaxy (1-1-6, 9pts)
GK Donovan Ricketts
RB Sean Franklin
CB Omar Gonzalez
CB Gregg Berhalter
LB Eddie Lewis
RM Landon Donovan -Captain
CM Dema Kovalenko
CM Stefani Miglioranzi
LM Mike Magee
RS Alan Gordon
LS Bryan Jordan
Subs
GK Josh Saunders
DF AJ DeLaGarza
FW Jovan Kirovski
MF Chris Klein
MF Kyle Patterson
DF Tony Sanneh
MF Josh Tudela
PRE-GAME:
-Players warming up on the field and the sun is coming out now.

More wisdom. Roy wants to finish 7th, which I think is fair as we're there on merit*. AJ doubtful for the weekend.

Roy says that we're trying to get Brede to commit. Meanwhile the press burst into life with the Arsenal link today, as typified by this in the Telegraph. People write this sort of thing off as paper talk, but I don't think the papers are as loose as folk would like us to believe.

Remember if you have any questions for the players or coaches, post here before halftime and I will do what I can.
Location:
Home Depot Center, Carson, CA
Weather:
Referees:
Head Ref: Ricardo Salazar
Asst Ref: C.

Recebi de Neves AJ, do blog vozdoseven uma entrada colocada em Junho de 2008, acerca de Cristiano Ronaldo. Com a devida vénia publico-a de seguida.
Não separados nascença

Qualquer semelhança entre as duas fotos não é coincidência, não!
Na imagem do lado esquerdo o ainda puto Cristiano Ronaldo recebe troféu em cerimónia de entrega de prémios no final de um Torneio Inter-Associações SUB-15 disputado no Municipal da nossa ditosa Santa Comba Dão, onde curiosamente se disputa este fim-de-semana a XIII edição.

Crocker Lions 7
Richland Bears 2
Crocker shook the rust off after not playing a game for 16 days with their win over Richland. Teddy Zeigebein had 2 goals and 4 assists, Cody Gibson 2 goals 1 assist, while AJ VanCamp, Cody Williams and Jessie Tart also scored.

Crocker Lions 6
Laquey 2
The Lion's got the Frisco League win with goals from Cody Gibson (2 & 1 assist), AJ Imilkowski (2), Teddy Zeigenbein (1 & assist) and Jessie Tart. AJ Vancamp (2) and Sawyer Brown had assists. Rich Heenan had 8 saves in goal.

In a replay of a game canceled due to rain, the Frisco Tournament semi-final between Crocker and Laquey was played this afternoon.

Crocker Lions 4
Laquey Hornets 0

Teddy Ziegenbien continues his scoring prowess, getting 2 goals and 2 assists while Jessie Tart and Cody Williams also scored, with assists added by Cody Gibson and AJ Imilkowski.

The Galaxy weathered two power outages, a disallowed goal by Andrew Hainault, and a dominant Dynamo display in the second half to score two extra time goals.

Landon Donovan becomes the MLS all time leader in goals scored as he converted the penalty after Alan Gordon was brought down by Ricardo Clark in the box.

Kartik was right. There was a buzz about this game – two solid, mature teams with something to prove. In the end, the Galaxy went out deserved winners. Some thoughts...

Welcome back Sean Franklin. When 2008 Rookie of the Year Franklin tore his hamstring in mid May, Galaxy fans saw disaster.

Crocker Lions 7
Richland Bears 2
Crocker shook the rust off after not playing a game for 16 days with their win over Richland. Teddy Zeigebein had 2 goals and 4 assists, Cody Gibson 2 goals 1 assist, while AJ VanCamp, Cody Williams and Jessie Tart also scored.

Tommy Eaton, jr forward

Camdenton Lakers 5
Marshfield Blue Jays 0
A PK in the first half was the only early score but the Laker's wore down the much younger home squad, putting in 4 more in the second half. Game photos

Monett Cubs 3
Central Bulldogs 1
Central got on the board early at the 5 minute mark.

Gregg Berhalter is all business!

While Landon Donovan and David Beckham bask in the aftermath of the Galaxy making the playoffs, the real story in their turnaround is their defense.

31 goals given up in 2009. That is half of the 2008 total!

That is right. In 2008, the Galaxy gave up 62 goals even as they set the scoring ablaze with 55 goals.

In a little over a year, Bruce Arena transformed one of the worst teams in the league into a contender for the 2009 MLS Cup. As a result of the remarkable turnaround, Arena was named as the 2009 Coach of the Year.

Hired to replace Ruud Guillt on August 18, 2008, Arena looked to change a Galaxy squad in disarray.

Wow, wow, wow. What a game!

Like commenter Diane, I LOVE me some AJ Delagarza! Magee was fairly worthless with a horrible first touch for most of the match. Kirovski was brought in, why? Beckham did very well, but boy he was soooo tanked in overtime. I really felt for him and the others.

The KC Wizards Juniors opened their play in the US Soccer Developmental Academy today outside Houston, as the 16's and 18's both took on Texas Rush AJ Auxerre. Both the 16's and the 18's came away with 1 goal wins over their Texas counterparts. The 16's took took their game against the Rush 1-0. Meanwhile, the 18's twice came from a goal down to win their game 3-2 over the Rush side.