MLS Cup glory looks like a further long-shot every day, but the Galaxy can still claim the glory of winning the inaugural SuperLiga. DC United comes to the Home Depot Center tonight to play a SuperLiga semi-final, the winner going on to play Pachuca in the final.
Rumors are flying around that Mr. David Beckham is going to be ready to play in this game tonight. DC United has been pretty hot recently, but so have the Galaxy when it comes to the SuperLiga, just not so much in league play.
Last night I wrote that the Galaxy had defeated Pachuca in their first SuperLiga game but I didn’t have any more details other than that. Here is the unofficial box score from MLSNet.com:
Pachuca (0-1-0) vs. Los Angeles Galaxy (1-0-0)
July 24, 2007 — The Home Depot Center
Scoring Summary:
LA — Alan Gordon 1 (Landon Donovan ) 50
PAC — Rafael Marquez Lugo 1 (Damian Alvarez ) 78
LA — Landon Donovan 1 (Cobi Jones ) 81
Pachuca — Miguel Calero, Carlos Rodriguez, Marvin Cabrera, Aquivaldo Mosquera, Fernando Salazar (Damian Alvarez 56), Leobardo Lopez, Andres Chitiva (Jose Torres 92+), Christian Gimenez, Gabriel Caballero, Rafael Marquez Lugo, Luis Gabriel Rey (Victor Manon 87).
Substitutes Not Used: Paul Aguilar, Braulio Godinez, Humberto Hernandez, Luis Montes
Los Angeles Galaxy — Joe Cannon, Ante Jazic, Ty Harden, Abel Xavier, Troy Roberts (Quavas Kirk 58), Kyle Martino (Cobi Jones 46), Landon Donovan, Kelly Gray, Chris Klein, Alan Gordon (Gavin Glinton 82), Carlos Pavon (Peter Vagenas 65).
Substitutes Not Used: Edson Buddle, Steve Cronin, Mike Randolph
Misconduct Summary:
LA — Ante Jazic (caution; Dissent) 62
PAC — Aquivaldo Mosquera (caution; Game Disrepute) 69
LA — Alan Gordon (caution; Game Disrepute) 69
PAC — Andres Chitiva (caution; Pushing, Holding) 91+
LA — Gavin Glinton (caution; Delaying a Restart) 94+
referee: Carlos Batres (GUA)
Referee’s Assistants: Corey Rockwell; Frank Anderson
4th official: Kevin Stott
time of game: 1:51
attendance: 19,317
weather: Partly Cloudy -and- 74 degrees
In the first game of SuperLiga the Galaxy beat Pachuca 2-1. I wasn’t able to see the game but this is an encouraging victory. Coach Yallop expected Pachuca to be at least as tough as the Chelsea team the Galaxy lost to on Saturday.
The Galaxy start play in SuperLiga tonite against Pachuca. Pachuca are one of the strongest teams in the Americas, current CONCACAF Champions Cup Champions and a common fixture at the top of the Mexican league.
All the game will be show on Telefutura.
Tuesday, July 24
LA Galaxy vs. Pachuca – 8:00 PM
Saturday, July 28
LA Galaxy vs. Chivas – 7:00 PM
Tuesday, July 31
FC Dallas vs. LA Galaxy – 5:00 PM
Tuesday – Wednesday, August 14 – 15
Semifinals
Wednesday, August 29
Final
