2009 Season
MLS Cup Preview
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The thought of writing this post after the opening day game against DC United never entered my head. That was a slightly improved version of the meltdown season of 2008 – defensive breakdowns, not much stability in the middle and an attack that put two in the back of the net, but looked frustrating doing [...]
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This match promises to be a dogfight. The season series between the Los Angeles Galaxy and the Houston Dynamo featured exactly one goal and a lot of physical defending. If that sounds a lot like what Chivas and the Galaxy went through for the bulk of their five games this season, its not coincidence.
The [...]
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First off, I apologize to everyone for not being able to get a post-game analysis together for last week. It was one of those times when life bitch-slapped my futbol blogging time. In the future, I will, at a minimum, create posts where you all can share your own reactions and analyses, even if I [...]
Donovon Ricketts = Save of the week
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But only if you vote for him to win!
I’m still miffed that he was left off the All-Star team – at least the one that suited up. I seem to recall that he made the All-Star roster that counts for salary incentives. Yet one more bit of byzantine MLS rules and regulation implementation for you [...]
Landon Donovan is God. (When it come to US field players.)
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Today they, the ubiquitous they who say many things and say them often, have awarded the Galaxy’s own Landon Donovan the 2009 Honda Player of the Year award. This is given away annually (hence the “of the year” part) to the best player for the year on the US Men’s National Team. Not really surprised [...]
Tags: 2009 Season, Honda Player of the Decade, Honda Player of the Year, Landon Donovan, Player News, Tim Howard, USMNTI’ve got one word: Galaxy vs. Dynamo post-game analysis
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And that word is: Punchless.
Or it could be seven words: This team is nothing without Landon Donovan.
So let’s start with the positive: shutting out Houston at home in front of a sell-out crowd and forcing Pat Onstad to actually make some saves. Once again Donovan Ricketts proves his worth making a busload of saves and [...]
Category: 2009 Season Tags: 2009 Season, AJ DeLaGarza, Brian Ching, Cam Weaver, Chirs Birchall, Chris Birchall, Corey Ashe, Craig Waibel, David Beckham, Dema Kovalenko, Donovan Ricketts, Eddie Lewis, Eddie Robinson, Edson Buddle, Gregg Berhalter, Landon Donovan, Mike Magee, Omar Gonzalez, Sean Franklin, Todd Dunivant, Wade BarrettI’ve got three words: Galaxy vs. Chicago Fire post-game analysis
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And those word are: Gutting it out.
The Los Angeles Galaxy took three points at home from a determined Fire team populated with a large number of replacement for injured players. As has been the case all season, the defense provided the base from which the Galaxy was able to generate just enough offense to [...]
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The Los Angeles Galaxy takes on the Chicago Fire in a battle of second place teams on Friday, October 2 at 8PM. The game will be on ESPN2.
On paper this should be a tough, hard fought match between two teams that need to be peaking right now if they have hopes of going deep in [...]
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One of America’s more perceptive futbol journalists. Beau Dure, has a lengthy profile of Landon Donovan in yesterday’s USA Today. (No comments on our speed of motion please.)
Aside from the a vintage shot of Donovan with blond hair, I actually learned a couple of things about the front-runner for the Honda Player of the Year [...]
I’ve got five words: LA Galaxy vs. Columbus Crew post-game analysis
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And those words are: Not the time to tinker.
Let me be clear at the beginning. I’m not a coach, I’ve never been a coach, and I don’t have access to the kinds and amounts of information an MLS coach has at his disposal, nor the skills to interpret it. But, having [...]
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