Weekly Soccer Column: Galaxy, Goats and goals (and Chivas USA make a trade)
New Goat: Chivas USA today picked up midfielder Gabriel Farfan, left, from the Philadelphia Union in exchange for their 2014 MLS draft pick (AP file photo). The Galaxy and Chivas USA both lost over the...
View ArticleLA Galaxy, Chivas USA learn potential U.S. Open Cup opponents
The Galaxy plays the winner of the second round game between the NASL Carolina Railhawks and PDL Carolina Dynamo on the road in North Carolina May 29, while Chivas USA faces the victor of the LA...
View ArticleMonday Kicks: Reaction to Sunday’s Galaxy, Chivas USA losses
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View ArticleWeekly Soccer Column: Landon Donovan, USMNT, UEFA Champions League & more
You can read the weekly soccer column here. Noted: I received an email today from U.S. Soccer observing that the Gold Cup is not precisely “utterly superfluous” as I wrote in today’s column given this...
View ArticleThursday Kicks: Sounders, Keane & Gonzalez
*The Seattle Sounders face a challenging few days that includes their trip to Southern California Sunday to face the Galaxy. *Fair is fair: Here’s why Robbie Keane will miss MLS games with the Galaxy...
View ArticleChivas USA issues statement on charges of racism
Titled “Chivas USA Is an Organization That Respects People Without Distinction,” the statement released late this afternoon appears to refer to, but does not specifically mention, the lawsuit filed...
View ArticleChivas USA crisis deepens with revolting fans, result in toothless loss to...
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View ArticleWorld Cup Preview: U.S., Mexico & more
With Japan becoming the first nation to qualify for the World Cup this week, winners and losers are beginning to emerge along the long road to Brazil. Hexagonal basement dwellers Jamaica, led by...
View ArticleVideo: LA Galaxy at Real Salt Lake
The Kings weren’t the only LA team to go down to a defeat Saturday night as our sister newspaper The Salt Lake Tribune reports. If you were busy watching soccer on ice last night, here are the...
View ArticleChivas USA gets new coach, Carson stadium a new name
Chivas USA brain trust: From left, Director of Football Paco Palencia, President Dennis Te Klose and new coach Jose Luis Real Casillas explain the club’s direction at a press conference in Carson...
View Article*Shocker! Messi & Friends LA Coliseum game canceled
Given the hype, this was a game that never looked like happening from the outset. There was virtually non-existent promotion, evasiveness from the promoters (according to a media colleague of mine who...
View ArticleTuesday Kicks: Gold Cup, Galaxy & more
If you could do with a soccer update after the long holiday weekend, you came to the right place. Here’s what you need to know to get caught up: The U.S. (and presumably Landon Donovan) opens Gold Cup...
View ArticleFriday Kicks: Chivas USA seeks to extend streak & more
*Chivas USA hasn’t won in 13 games, but is unbeaten in its last three so it’s the latter streak they’re presumably seeking to extend, not the former against the Union in Philadelphia in a game that...
View ArticleVideo highlights: LA Galaxy late losers yet again
For the umpteenth time this season — well, OK, 15th — the Galaxy conceded yet another late goal and sucumbed to yet another defeat Saturday in Portland against the Timbers that squandered a valuable...
View ArticleFriday Kicks: Galaxy’s Landon Donovan added to MLS All-Star Game roster,...
*You knew MLS would find a way to add perennial All-Star Landon Donovan to the roster for Wednesday’s game against Francesco Totti and Roma in Kansas City, although I’m sure the plan wasn’t to do that...
View ArticleWeekly Soccer Column: Guinness International Champions Cup at Dodger Stadium...
The eight-team tournament started this past weekend and comes to Los Angeles this Saturday night with a doubleheader involving for of the participating teams. For more, read today’s column. It should...
View ArticleDodger Stadium Gameday: Real Madrid, LA Galaxy, Everton, Juventus
It's Everton. It's Real Madrid. It's the LA Dodgers Stadium. Don't care if it's only a friendly, I'm like a kid at Christmas here! #COYB — Adam Bennett (@adbennoEFC) August 3, 2013 Fox airs the Real...
View ArticleDodger Stadium history made as Galaxy beats Juventus, Everton falls to Real...
Phil Collin had the game story, while I talked to fans about the novelty of playing the first ever soccer games at Dodger Stadium. Still, it would appear the bloom is off the Real Madrid rose with a...
View ArticleGalaxy sign Panamanian national team goalkeeper
Golden Goalkeeper: Panama’s Jaime Penedo has earned himself an MLS contract with the Galaxy after starring for his nation at the Gold Cup.joined the Galaxy (AP Photo). Landon Donovan wasn’t the only...
View ArticleLA Galaxy CONCACAF Champions League Tickets on sale in wake of AC Milan loss
Clearly more concerned (and rightfully so) about Sunday’s nationally televised ESPN2 game in Dallas, the Galaxy subbed liberally and lost the third-place Guinness International Champions Cup game to AC...
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