Chilly Galaxy fans who shivered their way through what was, in essence, a three-hour game Friday will be glad to hear the utility is trying to get to the bottom of what happened.

Read the short article that ran in today's Daily Breeze.

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So who is joining me in Chicago on Saturday for the Fire game against New England? How many times have I seen these two duke it out? Like old timey boxing? Can't wait! See you there!
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Real Salt Lake followed New York's lead from last year and knocked the defending MLS Cup winners out of the playoffs in the first round. Click to continue reading...

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DC United announced that head coach Tom Soehn has resigned, so the team now join New York, Kansas City and Toronto in the hunt for a new leader.
MLS PLAYOFF NEWS
It was great to see that New England had scrubbed their field of all football lines for Sunday's game. Click to continue reading...

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Team USA will travel to Denmark for a friendly on Wed Nov 18. Seeing as Sat Nov 14 is also an international date, do we see our team playing on that day as well?
-Denmark's best known players are probably Daniel Agger, Dennis Rommedahl, Jon Dahl Tomasson & Nicklas Bendtner. Click to continue reading...

Photo courtesy German Alegria/Los Angeles Galaxy

Hans Stierle, a former Torrance resident regarded as the driving force behind the creation of the American Youth Soccer Association and the now national organization's first president, was honored before Saturday's Galaxy game. Stierle, who now lives in the Pacific Northwest, was presented with a Galaxy jersey by Tom Payne, president of business operations for the team.

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Read the column here.

(BTW, the column will appear in the print edition of the (Torrance/South Bay) Daily Breeze Wednesday; it's on the front page of the Daily News sports section today for the two of you who like to keep the print edition as a souvenir).

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The (Torrance) Daily Breeze, LA Daily News and other sisters newspapers in Southern California have a nice-looking graphic preview of today's game in the print editions; sadly that does not translate to the Web.

So here's what you need to know:

*I set the stage earlier in the week with this column.

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With Bruce Arena approaching his anniversary of taking over as the Head Coach of the LA Galaxy, Nick Green of the LA Daily Breeze examines the team transformation from MLS doormat to playoff contender under Arena.
Exactly two weeks shy of the anniversary of Bruce Arena's first day on the job as Galaxy general manager and coach, this unequivocally is his team. Click to continue reading...

Then I know someone who wants to hear from you.

And on a day after the Galaxy announced they had sold more than 70,000 tickets for Saturday's game against Barcelona there (remaining tickets start at $35) it's an apt post:

I'm Miguel Melendez and I'm a sportswriter at the Pasadena Star-News.

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There are almost two dozen soccer games listed in today's Daily Breeze print edition (y'know the thing made of dead trees that only costs a quarter, but is far easier to carry around than a laptop) you can watch on TV today through Sunday (and far more than that on niche channels).

Arguably the highlight: U.

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Douglas Morino is a reporter at the Daily Breeze in Torrance who attended last weekend's Galaxy-AC Milan game in Carson as part of the capacity crowd.

I asked him to write about his experience as a fan; he does not paint a pretty picture.

What my friend and I, along with hundreds of other soccer fans, experienced Sunday night at Home Depot Center was nothing short of outrageous.

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Last night's match between Chelsea & Inter Milan was a pretty relaxed affair. Chelsea dominated the entire match, and seemed really relaxed as they did so. I'd say they were operating at about 65%. (Read match report here.) Inter Milan? I don't know what to make of them. They seemed resigned to their role: the team to be defeated by Chelsea. Click to continue reading...

Apparently trying to beef up a wimpy midfield, Chivas USA today sent Atiba Harris to Dallas in exchange for midfielder Marcelo Saragosa, who played for the Galaxy from 2004-2006.

Here's a sprawling Saragosa playing against once and former teammate Paulo Nagamura last year in this Daily Breeze file photo.

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Photos by Steve McCrankSecond in WPS beat first today as the Sol succumbed to St. Louis Athletica 1-0 at Home Depot Center in a rare noon midweek start.

Still, the Sol remain in first in WPS place with an 11-2-4 record good for 37 points; the Athletica are second with 23 points and a 7-5-2 record.

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Athletica just scored in the 11th minute when Eniola Aluko got behind the Sol defense and pulled the ball back to an unmarked Amanda Cinalli.

Remember, the Sol can capture the regular season title with a win today.

I got a late start blogging because I'm running around for a light feature for Thursday's Daily Breeze talking to moms, their daughters - and nuns if you can believe it.

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Sol (10-1-4) at Washington Freedom (4-4-4) live at 3 p.m. on Sox Soccer Channel.

Game preview.

Meanwhile, Daily Breeze reporter Gene Maddaus followed up on his report of the crackdown on bacon-wrapped hot dog vendors at Home Depot Center with this update today.

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Here is the article from the Daily Breeze today about the AEG funded crackdown on the dangerous and threatening "Bacon Wrapped Hot Dog" vendors outside of Home Depot Center...I swear every day I hate A.E.G. more!

http://www.dailybreeze.com/news/ci_12745246

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If you stayed up to watch the Chicago Fire-Chivas USA match you saw a match marred by a boat-load of yellow cards (ten to be exact), a red card and three penalty kicks, the last of which left many observers wondering just what Terry Vaughn was thinking.

If you haven't seen the replay of the penalty that helped Chicago pull out a 3-2 victory on Thursday night, here it is:

As you might imagine, Chivas USA head coach Preki wasn't too happy with that call (or the referee's performance in general).

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If you stayed up to watch the Chicago Fire-Chivas USA match you saw a match marred by a boat-load of yellow cards (ten to be exact), a red card and three penalty kicks, the last of which left many observers wondering just what Terry Vaughn was thinking.

If you haven't seen the replay of the penalty that helped Chicago pull out a 3-2 victory on Thursday night, here it is:

As you might imagine, Chivas USA head coach Preki wasn't too happy with that call (or the referee's performance in general).

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No column from me this morning due to Monday's holiday.

But those of you looking for a good soccer read might want to check out the work of former Daily Breeze food critic and converted Galaxy fan Chris Cognac who has guest-blogged here before and now has a new blog from a fans' point of view called Chivas USA from the Stands.

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I am pretty excited, because in the mail yesterday I got my copy of the brand new album by Sunn O))). It is called Monoliths And Dimensions. Their level of sub sonic heaviness may just sooth my wounded soul right now, like a white hot salve. Click to continue reading...

Let me start out by saying that I will take three points any day, any time, any way. I will take a home win, I will take the first victory of the season, and I will take the clean sheet that came with it.

But that doesn't mean I have to be entertained by it.

We're now seven weeks into the season, with the Galaxy completing game six.

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