With that crazy long overtime win last night over the Houston Dynamo the Galaxy book their place in the MLS Cup final for the 6th time in the young league’s history. 6 happens to be the most any team has played for the MLS Cup. DC United has been there 5 times. A win for the Galaxy would still have them trailing DC United by one in the category on how many MLS Cups they have won. DC has 4, this would only be the Galaxy’s third.
So who would be the better match up for the Galaxy in the Final? Chicago Fire or Real Salt Lake?
The LA Galaxy extended their undefeated streak to 6 games this weekend with a 2-1 victory over the New England Revolution. The victory keeps the Galaxy in 2nd place in the west at a single point ahead of the Colorado Rapids. Landon Donovan scored a goal that should be a goal of the week followed by a Jovan Kirovski goal near the start of the 2nd half. Steve Ralston got one back for the Revolution from the penatly spot with just under 10 minutes to go, but the Revolution failed to level the game with another goal.
The LA Galaxy played the reigning European champions to a tight 1 goal game. At halftime the Galaxy were level with Barcelona at 1-1 after an amazing free kick that Galaxy midfielder David Beckham put right into the upper left corner past the Barcelona keeper.
The game was witnesed by 93,137 fans at the sold out Rose Bowl. This broke the old record for attendance of a game involving a team from a U.S. professional league. The former record was 92,216 in 1996 when the LA Galaxy played the Tampa Bay Mutiny. That game was a double header with a USA versus Mexico game.
Next up for the Galaxy is a trip to play the New England Revolution next Saturday afternoon at 3:00 pm.
That is right, the 2004 MLS Cup MVP is making his way from Chivas USA over to the Galaxy! What a move. In order to make room for Alecko the Galaxy had to cut Josh Tudela. A lot of people will be sad to see him go.
According to the official press release the Galaxy game up some money and a conditional pick in the 2010 MLS SuperDraft to get Eskandarian. The striker was the first overall draft pick by DC United in the 2003 MLS SuperDraft and had a good 4 years with DC United. Between his time with DC United and now the LA Galaxy Eskandarian has played with Toronto FC, Real Salt Lake, and Chivas USA.
This 26 year old striker could have many great years in this league – and maybe even with US MTN – which he has a single cap for already.
How big of an impact will Alecko be able to make with the Galaxy?
The Galaxy just wrapped up a rare 3 points by beating the Houston Dynamo. The Dynamo are currently on top of the West and have the best record in the league.
The difference in the game came in the 24th minute when Todd Dunivant scored his first goal of the year assisted by Mike Magee.
This big win won’t move the Galaxy up any positions in the conference standings, but it does bring them within striking distance of Real Salt Lake and the Colorado Rapids.
Pts Team
28 Houston Dynamo
27 Chivas USA
25 Seattle Sounders FC
21 Colorado Rapids
19 Real Salt Lake 18 Los Angeles Galaxy
14 FC Dallas
12 San Jose Earthquakes
On the other side of the globe the US MNT played Brazil in the Confederations Cup final. This was the first appearance for the United States in a final of a FIFA tournament ever. They started out great and took a 2-0 lead into halftime, but Brazil was too much in the 2nd half and they were able to come out with a 3-2 victory over the US. Donovan was my player of the tournament for the US but Clint Dempsey and Tim Howard both won awards.
The 2009 LA Galaxy Schedule has been updated after the announcements of friendly games vs Barcelona and AC Milan this summer. AC Milan will play the Galaxy at the Home Depot Center on Sunday July 19th at 7:00 p.m. Two weeks later FC Barcelona will come to play the Galaxy at the Rose Bowl on Saturday August 1st at 8:00 p.m.
Things have been quiet around here the past couple of months but things should pick up as the new season approaches. What will this year have in store for the Galaxy. Currently Landon Donovan and David Beckham are doing well in Europe.
If you haven’t seen anything of Beckham at AC Milan check out his latest goal for the Italian team.
While the Galaxy are off half way around the world Major League Soccer has announced the opening weeks schedule for the 2009 MLS season. The Galaxy will be opening the season at home on Sunday, March 22, 2009 against DC United @ 3:00 PM.
The Galaxy are not on the schedule released for week 2 and 3 yet. The full opening weeks schedule can be found at the official MLS website.
The season will open 3 days prior to the Galaxy’s first game. New York Red Bulls will open the season at the expansion Seattle Sounds FC on Thursday, March 19, 2009.
The LA Galaxy played the reigning European champions to a tight 1 goal game. At halftime the Galaxy were level with Barcelona at 1-1 after an amazing free kick that Galaxy midfielder David Beckham put right into the upper left corner past the Barcelona keeper.