No, not Jaime Moreno. Cardenas.

Yes, the former Los Angeles Times writer has landed on his feet in the world of press relations. He's now the newest member of the Galaxy media staff.

I have to say, it's nice when there's someone around who understands what it's like on the other side. Click to continue reading...

Fantasy Soccer Bootroom is a weekly column devoted to the ins and outs of fantasy soccer, especially the game played on www.mfls.com, and the RevMFLS division. The lesson for the week: Do your homework! Since I had attended the last few Galaxy visits to Gillette Stadium, I had recollections of Landon Donovan playing poorly here, and [. Click to continue reading...

So, the transfer deadline (August 31) has passed and the football market is now closed. Closed? Not quite. Indeed, while transfers from one club to another will have to wait until January to resume, teams may still sign players as free agents (and that until March 31, 2009). So, inspired from this Top 11 Serie A [. Click to continue reading...

Husky-voiced Josh Wicks, the self-described Barry White of goalkeepers, who played just two halves in Hawaii, and another half in Shanghai in preseason before coming on after 45 minutes last weekend for injured starting goalkeeper Steve Cronin, talked to the assembled media today (well, OK, all two of us) about his expected start Saturday:

Q: How did coming in at half time in the New England team help before your first MLS start Saturday against Real Salt Lake?

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With the Galaxy down to one healthy goalkeeper in Josh Weeks after Charles Alamo and now Steve Cronin suffered what Coach Bruce Arena effectively regards as season-ending injuries, he is calling in reinforcements in the shape of former Colorado Rapids draft pick Mike Graczyk, a former University of New Mexico standout now in the MLS pool of goalkeepers retained for just this purpose (so no Kasey Keller on loan then, I guess).

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The Colorado Rapids have traded forward Herculez Gomez to the Kansas City Wizards in exchange for a fourth-round draft pick in the 2009 MLS SuperDraft, as well as a first-round pick in the '09 Supplemental Draft and an undisclosed sum of allocation money.Gomez, 26, was once one of the brightest young stars in the league when he was with the Los Angeles Galaxy. Click to continue reading...

Reports out of Denver today are saying that the Wizards have traded for Colorado forward, Herculez Gomez. The Denver Post is reporting that the Wizards have traded a fourth-round pick in the 2009 SuperDraft and first-round pick in the '09 supplimental draft and allocation money to the Rapids for the forward. Click to continue reading...

Think that Beckham fella knows a thing or two about show-business? He's not the only soccer player around who has starred in a hit movie. While none of these flicks are named after someone on our roster, the guys got a little nostalgic recently and went back in time to reenact their favorite scenes from 80s movies. Click to continue reading...

Ok, so I want to try and write these recaps on Monday. I didn't get around to it this time, but I promise that it'll be better next week. Or not, as I think I have jury duty. Yuck. There wasn't as much Eastern dominance though, as only Columbus managed a win against a non-Conference [...] Click to continue reading...

Starting Galaxy goalkeeper Steve Cronin is out four to six weeks with a broken right hand, Galaxy officials confirmed Tuesday.

Cronin suffered the injury when his hand struck the face of New England's Taylor Twellman as the Revolution opened the scoring in the seventh minute of Saturday's 2-2 draw with the Galaxy.

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Los Angeles Galaxy goalkeeper Steve Cronin has a broken hand and will miss the next 4-6 weeks, according to 100 Percent Soccer's Nick Green. The injury occurred last weekend during the first half of the Galaxy's 2-2 tie with the New England Revolution on a play where Cronin came out to punch away a Khano Smith cross. Click to continue reading...

Both New England Revolution and CD Chivas USA have made their work harder with losses away to Tauro FC and Joe Public. Tonight, they get to return the favor or risk elimination. Both games will be shown on Fox Soccer Channel, and Galavision (check your local listings and check back here around 8pm Eastern as we may have a feed). Click to continue reading...

As part of the festivities of the September 13 match against the Galaxy and that Beckham guy, we are hosting an indoor-soccer reunion game at the KC Soccerdome prior to the 4 p.m. kickoff. Well, folks, St. Louis is getting amped up about the game. St. Louis Post-Dispatch columnist Bernie Miklasz featured a blurb about the event in his column this Saturday. Click to continue reading...

I'm trying not to make this such a Columbus love fest here but when your hot it has to be noted and right now the Columbus Crew are indeed hot. The main reason is because of the way things are clicking on the offensive side of the ball and also to a degree on the [...] Click to continue reading...

Catching up from the long weekend:
*Top-ranked USC lost 1-0 in overtime to No. 6 Portland Monday in Oregon, the goal coming seven minutes into overtime. The loss dropped the Trojans to 2-1.

USC returns home to host Santa Clara at 3 p.m. Friday and Alabama at 1 p.m. on Sunday.

*In contrast the UCLA women battered Portland State 7-0 Monday, the Bruins' biggest margin of victory since a 2005 9-0 win over Mississippi Valley State.

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Lots of action in week 23 to count and figure out who shined brighter than who. To make this quick and simple I went with a two goal effort this week over a couple solid one goal efforts and a two assists effort out of a couple others. I went with Real Salt Lake's Fabian Espindola's [...] Click to continue reading...

Here's my column on MLS and scheduling. Also, thanks to the people who pointed me towards the Galaxy's fourth absence.

The Galaxy are at a disadvantage against RSL based on manpower alone. It would have been a tricky game with their full team. Still, this may be a good team to face with a depleted roster. Click to continue reading...

Not a whole lot of change this week in the WVH Power Rankings. The Labor Day weekend saw the Crew go on top of the standing and the Rapids fall to the bottom of the standings. In regards to the standings here on WVH, it is pretty much the same on top as it is [...] Click to continue reading...

What can we really say about how things are going this season in Major League Soccer. From week to week we find a new club to move up the charts or a move down the charts. All it takes is a victory to do so with the jam packed standings these days. After 23 weeks [...] Click to continue reading...

The second leg of matches in the CONCACAF Champions League kicks off tonight, with the headline being two MLS teams fighting for their tournament lives against lesser-known opponents.
The New England Revolution welcome Joe Public FC, the Jamaican side that advanced to the tournament by way of their runner-up finish in the Caribbean Football Union Club Championship in 2007. Click to continue reading...

Details for the Los Angeles Galaxy's 2008 post-season tour are starting to emerge. Despite the fact that Los Angeles hasn't won a match in nearly three months, are currently outside the final MLS playoff spot and have a lot of work to do if they are to make the postseason, club officials are busy scheduling exhibition games around the world for this coming off-season. Click to continue reading...

I just watched the game via the archived stream on MLSNet. This team looks completely different from the team that lost to Chicago just a week earlier. At home.

Probably because it basically is a completely different team when you put in Landon Donovan, David Beckham and Eddie Lewis all at the same time.

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Echoing a sentiment expressed by many of Major League Soccer's fans, players and media members, commissioner Don Garber acknowledged in his blog the need for a regular season schedule that conforms more to the international calendar.

A big spotlight was thrown on the problem during ESPN2's national Thursday night game on 08/21, a game between the Chicago Fire and Los Angeles Galaxy, which was supposed to be one of the season's most-watched games: Beckham vs. Click to continue reading...

The Columbus Crew were the only Eastern Conference team to win and by doing so moved to the top of the division and the MLS overall table to round out Week 23 of the Major League season. LA Galaxy 2 New England Revolution 2 Landon Donovan scored a pair of goals for the Los Angeles Galaxy, but [...] Click to continue reading...

I'm trying to crank out my PE column tonight so I don't have to worry about it on Monday morning, which is a good thing since I'm going to be out and about most of the day. I'm writing a column on the horrendous scheduling by Major League Soccer and how they're playing right through World Cup qualifying. Click to continue reading...