RSL vs. Galaxy Recap: “Hm…wonder how they’re going to **** this up?”

By: Laurie | September 20th, 2007

Every once in awhile you read something that captures an event so perfectly and accurately that there is absolutely no improving on it. My buddy Jeff Bull at Center Holds It has written just such a blog post. It sums up not just last night’s game but the entire Galaxy season. Stop by and read the whole thing, because it is hysterical, yet painfully accurate.

A sample:

Given such a top-drawer pass, Glinton couldn’t help but bury the shot that followed, which takes the game to LA 2, RSL 1 with just about 5 minutes remaining.

Leaning back in my chair, I thought to myself, “Hm…wonder how they’re going to f*** this up?”

Sure enough, the Galaxy did f*** it up by giving up a still-later goal off a free-kick. It was the seeming inevitability of events that struck me. Watching the Galaxy these days is like watching a rich drunk stagger out of a restaurant with his car keys jingling in his hands and, periodically, dropping to the floor. You don’t know precisely what’s going to happen; you only know it’s not going to end well. And, sure enough, you see it on your way home: a Cadillac wrapped around a big tree on a leafy, prosperous street…perhaps there’s a man-child with a receding hairline pinned between the Caddy and the tree…and he looks an awful lot like Donovan.

And then this:

If and when someone sits down to write a history of Major League Soccer (MLS), I’m confident that the Galaxy’s 2007 season will find its way in. The air of literature, even legend, surrounds the Faustian bargain that is the David Beckham trade.

And there you have it, ladies and gentlemen. The ultimate summary of the Galaxy season, circa 2007.