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.
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.
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.
