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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.
The halftime show will be spectacular!"50,000 fans". This was the mantra repeated ad
nauseam during TFC's Dutch Breakfast Extravaganza on Friday regarding the CCL Quarterfinal at
SkyDome. There is a great expectation from the club's owners as well as many supporters that the
fixture versus LA Galaxy will equal, if not eclipse, Montreal's memorable CCL Big O filler of a few
years back.
Clubs can protect 11 players ahead of the 10-round draft for the Montreal Impact, which will
join MLS next year.
A team can only lose one player.
Wonder if Impact Coach Jesse Marsch will take a player from his most recent former club, Chivas
USA? Will he bring home Canadian Ante Jazic, a solid addition to any expansion team's backline?
Are the 2011 L.A. Galaxy the best team in the history of MLS?
Is David Beckham's MLS career over?
Those seem to be the questions everyone's contemplating after last night's 1-0 MLS Cup victory.
(Along with this lesser one: Did you ever think a player could be so awful that you'd pine for Chad
Barrett?
Jeez, get a roomThere are still a few negative types out there in North American
football who claim that David Beckham's five-year affair with Major League Soccer was a failure.
Long before he raised the MLS Cup last night - this simply wasn't the case. Did he play his best
football with LA Galaxy, far from it.
The Los Angeles Galaxy beat the Houston Dynamo 1-0 to win the 2011 MLS Cup. In a match touted as
David Beckham's final MLS match, neither side made a terribly compelling case for a title match
victory during a mostly dull 90 minutes, the hyperbolic ESPN commentary notwithstanding. In the end
the match was won on a single goal from Landon Donovan late in the second half, securing the final
result nearly everyone expected.
CARSON, Calif. – El LA Galaxy se consagró como el campeón de la Copa MLS 2011 con un apretado
1-0 ante Houston Dynamo frente una asistencia récord de 30.281 aficionados en el Home Depot
Center.El gol del campeonato fue anotado por el capitán angelino Landon Donovan, quien terminó
con una sequÃa de tÃtulos de seis años a nivel individual y le brindó al Galaxy la tercera Copa
MLS de su historia.
BY ADAM SERRANO
Robbie Keane is looking is to cap off one of the best weeks of his career with a championship.
Keane led Ireland qualify for their first appearance at the European Championships on Tuesday
with a convincing playoff victory over Estonia. Now, the Irish striker will look to cap off his
impressive week with an MLS Cup title when his Los Angeles Galaxy take on the Houston Dynamo on
Sunday.
In case you guys didn't see it, yesterday was SB Nation's mock Expansion Draft. Some of you will
also notice some, er, confusion on our part from the draft. Essentially Jake Gleeson was picked
when I meant for him to be protected. What happened was I made a late addition and the SBN editors
wouldn't allow such a late change.
Different angle for a TSG preview here.
Today, we publish a discussion with Sporting KC assistant coach John Pascarella. Pascarella is
responsible for much of the technical preparation and tactical work for the Livestronglies. He and
head coach Peter Vermes played club ball together and KC front office media man Josh Wisenhunt
comments Pascarella is revered by the team, especially goalkeeper Jimmy Neilsen (Pascarella has a
big hand in training the goalkeepers during practice.
Looking back over the course of Bruce Arena's tenure with the LA Galaxy, it's hard to argue with
the stellar success of his teams. While many will argue that his achievements are tempered by the
fact that he was able to go out and buy new, multi-million dollar players as needed, it can be said
that he's done the opposite outside of his designated players.
Photo by ISIPhotos.com
By ADAM SERRANO
CARSON, Calif. -- The Los Angeles Galaxy may boast a star-studded lineup, but it's who is not
going to be on the field that may prove the difference for the Galaxy come MLS Cup.
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.
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.
STARTERSI'm getting goosebumps already! MLS Cup is 6 days away.
dN
Bruce Arena of the LA Galaxy has been named the MLS Coach of the Year.
-That was an easy one. No one else was even close.
dN
The New England Revolution has hired Jay "He also played basketball for Mike Krzyzewski at Duke"
Heaps as their new head coach.
MLS CUP PLAYOFFS
Final
Match & Score:
-Sun Nov 20
LA Galaxy v Houston Dynamo - 8:00pm CT on ESPN
Venue: The Home Depot Center - Carson CA
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General Playoff News
I know I pick on Chad Barrett of LA a lot. Have done so for years.
Fredy Montero and Alvaro Fernandez were a big part of the Seattle offense in 2011. (Getty
Images)
I had every intention of doing this revisit sooner but things happen as you know. Today, we'll
finally wrap up this positional rankings revisit with a look at the forwards.
To recap, here the midfield, defense and keepers.
Union
The Union has become well-known for its innovative use of social networking tools. The latest
bit of cleverness is this: when their Facebook page gets 92,012 likes, they will unveil the new
designs for the first and second kit. You can 'like' the Union by clicking here. As of this
writing, there are only 6,500 'likes' to go.
LA has another week or so before they release their protection list. (Getty Images)
This is it the final club in our Expansion Draft protection lists the Los Angeles Galaxy. The
Galaxy won this year's Supporters' Shield trophy for the best record in the league and now are 90
minutes away from winning another MLS Cup.
A little wrong...and very wrong. (Remember, we're all about accountability to predictions
here.)
Becks playoff performance in Game 2 against Red Bulls the key to LA's Cup march...
The Los Angeles Galaxy (4 to 1) was one of TSG's odds-on favorites to win the MLS Cup. They
trailed however the Sounders.
One of these two teams will meet Houston at MLS Cup in Carson after the Dynamo, who lost MLS
assist leader Brad Davis to a first half injury, beat Sporting Kansas City 2-0 earier this
afternoon in the Eastern Conference Final.
It's a cool, but dry evening at Home Depot Center as the Galaxy host this fixture for a third
consecutive year.
Galaxy 1 New York Red Bulls 0
The forecast cold front has yet to move into the South Bay here in Carson.
Real Salt Lake awaits the winner of this series that the Galaxy lead from a Mike Magee goal in
the 15th minute of last Sunday's game.
If the score is tied at the end of regulation, we'll have 30 minutes of OT, followed by PK's if
the score is still tied.
By ADAM SERRANO
The Los Angeles Galaxy have succeeded in every goal that they've set out for themselves this
season thus far. Supporters' Shield? Check. Advancing to the quarterfinals of the CONCACAF
Champions League? Check.
On Sunday against the New York Red Bulls, the Galaxy begin their assault on the last item of
their list, an MLS Cup title.
LA Galaxy (19-5-10) vs. Houston Dynamo (12-9-13)
October 23, 2011 -- Robertson Stadium, Houston TX
Attendance: 30,018
Scoring Summary:
HOU -- Adam Moffat 2 (unassisted) 27
HOU -- Bobby Boswell 5 (Adam Moffat 2) 48
HOU -- Carlo Costly 1 (Brad Davis 16) 74
LA -- Jack McBean 1 (Chad Barrett 5, Michael Stephens 1) 88
LA Galaxy -- Donovan Ricketts, Frankie Hejduk (Ryan Thomas 77), Gregg Berhalter (Sean
Franklin 46), Dasan Robinson, A.
BY ADAM SERRANO
CARSON, Calif. --Chad Barrett scored his seventh goal of the season as the Los Angeles Galaxy
defeated Chivas USA in the SuperClasico in front of 27,000 at the Home Depot Center.
Barrett broke through in the 53rd minute of play when he headed in a cross from Adam Cristman
into an empty net.
Duncan Fletcher of Waking the Red, SB Nation's Toronto blog, and I
chatted ahead of this afternoon's Union-TFC match.
tBG: How about yourself, what do you think the game will be like?
WtR: Though we should be looking to Tuesday's CCL game, a part of that is the fact that
we've had two weeks off, so I'd expect to have the first team out there to shake the rust off and
practice.
Galaxy 2 Real Salt Lake 1
Play that funky music white boy: The Galaxy's Chad Barrett celebrates his equalizing goal
Saturday in Carson against Real Salt Lake (AP Photo).
Staff Writer Phil Collin has the game story.
Notable: The Galaxy and RSL combined for 40 fouls - the visitors accounted for 24 of them.
By ADAM SERRANO
CARSON, Calif.-- An own goal proved decisive as the Los Angeles Galaxy continued their pursuit
of the Supporters Shield by overcoming their first halftime deficit of the season in a 2-1 victory
over Real Salt Lake.
RSL was able to put the Galaxy on their heels in the 45th minute when Fabian Espindola opened
the scoring, but a goal by Chad Barrett and an own goal by RSL's Nat Borchers gave the Galaxy the
victory.
It's been a week of grinding out results for the Los Angeles Galaxy.
Last Saturday, a stoppage time strike by Chad Barrett earned three points against the Columbus
Crew on the road, then three days later, another last minute goal, this time from Juninho game the
Galaxy a 2-1 win over visiting Monarcas Morelia that kept alive LA's hopes of advancing to the
quarterfinals of the CONCACAF Champions League Tournament.
Seattle's 2-1 win over the New England Revolution earlier today means the Galaxy can't clinch
the Supporters Shield tonight, but a win or a draw would eliminate Real Salt Lake from contention
for the regular season title.
The Galaxy need five more points from their four remaining games, including this evening's
contest, and the title will belong to them no matter what any other team does.
Things seemed to be slipping away for the Los Angeles Galaxy.
Tied at one heading into stoppage time, it looked as if the Galaxy's chances of advancing to the
group stages of the CONCACAF Champions League Tournament would end at the hands of Monarcas
Morelia. But all it needed was one chance.
*Add Chris Birchall (left hamstring strain) to the growing Galaxy injury list released today.
The midfielder, who has made 21 appearances for the Galaxy this season, is listed as questionable
for Wednesday's game against Morelia, along with the same players who remain in that category from
Friday's update: David Beckham (back spasms), Robbie Keane (right gluteus tightness) and goalkeeper
Donovan Ricketts (right quad tightness).
By AVI CREDITOR
WASHINGTON -- The Los Angeles Galaxy and Real Salt Lake both trotted out reserve-laden lineups
Saturday night, aiming to preserve fresh legs through a congested schedule while hoping to eke out
road results in the thick of the postseason hunt.
Columbus Crew 0 Galaxy 1
No David Beckham. No Robbie Keane. No Landon Donovan (until the second half). And no goals until
second half stoppage time when the Galaxy stole the victory in a not particularly noteworthy
game.
A Donovan shot was parried by Crew goalkeeper Will Hesmer into the path of Chad Barrett who
snapped up the chance to give the Galaxy three unexpected points after a long road trip.
When Galaxy coach Bruce Arena trotted out a different-looking lineup against Colorado, it wasn't
just with Colorado in mind.
Sure, Chad Barrett and Paolo Cardozo did well against the Rapids but playing the likes of Barrett,
Cardozo, Bryan Jordan and Donovan Ricketts allowed for the Galaxy to rest up some players for
Tuesday's match against Morelia.
When Galaxy coach Bruce Arena trotted out a different-looking lineup against Colorado, it wasn't
just with Colorado in mind.
Sure, Chad Barrett and Paolo Cardozo did well against the Rapids but playing the likes of Barrett,
Cardozo, Bryan Jordan and Donovan Ricketts allowed for the Galaxy to rest up some players for
Tuesday's match against Morelia.
Over the years, the Colorado Rapids had enjoyed success against the Los Angeles Galaxy at the
Home Depot Center.
The Rapids had beaten the Galaxy in its last three visits to the stadium, with one of them being
a US Open Cup match, which Colorado won in a penalty shootout. This time however, LA made sure the
result was to their liking.
And down the stretch they come! As the playoffs get closer, games matter more. The LA Galaxy,
leaders in the Supporters' Shield race, take on the reigning MLS Cup Champions - the Colorado
Rapids.
1 - Cardozo sizzles a shot wide - opportunistic, but off-target.
3 - Kyle's Keys for the game don't include any inside dirt from his days as a Galaxy player.
A muggy night, a sparse crowd (hello, prep football) and Galaxy Coach Bruce Arena has the squad
rotation in full effect.
Goalkeeper Donovan Ricketts returns from injury for his first start since June, Bryan Jordan
slots in at right back for his second start of the season, Paolo Cardozo starts up front in his
third start of the season and Chad Barrett is alongside him for his first start since, um,
Monday.
- Jason Davis Where have I been, you might be asking. What have I been up to, you've surely
thought. How come the frequency of MFUSA post has so much in common with the frequency of Chad
Barrett goals, you can't help but wonder. Well, I'll tell you. There's just a lot going on that
keeps me from writing here as often as I'd like.
