Galaxy 0-0 Houston

A draw. 0-0. Which, according to the website, is a good thing against the reigning champs.

For the highlights (with commentary in Spanish, because apparently English-speakers aren’t interested in things like this) try clicking this link. I was able to get this to run without stalling on the third time through. The one thing worth seeing is Ryan Cochrane yanking Robbie Findley down by the shirt just outside the box in the 76th. He got red-carded for this one, but the Galaxy couldn’t capitalize on the advantage.

Apologies that I didn’t see the whole game, so I can’t give you insightful commentary. I am working on this, and I am also realizing that being an MLS soccer blogger might require that I figure out how to subscribe to cable and learn to actually watch TV. This will be a challenge, since I tend to forget that I actually have a TV. Don’t think that I’m one of those anti-TV snobs. I’m not. I don’t have any problem whatsoever with YOU watching TV. But for me? I don’t have the attention span. Seriously. I love broadband on demand, because it doesn’t require me to sit and pay attention for long periods of time. With my teensy little attention span, sometimes it takes me a full day to get through a match. (I’ve been known to wander away from conversations mid-sentence because my brain just kind of meanders off onto other things.) TV and I aren’t a good match. That’s why I had such high hopes for MLSnet.

But for you, dear reader? I’ll think about making an exception.

Here’s the lineup for the game. Which I’m really wishing I could have seen. Were Ian Russell and Santino Quaranta really played as centerbacks? And Chris Albright in the midfield? Interesting and creative. And my fellow UW grad Ty Harden played the entire game? How did he do? And…sigh… Still no sign of Kevin Harmse.

Los Angeles Galaxy — Joe Cannon, Ty Harden, Tyrone Marshall, Ian Russell (Santino Quaranta 78), Ante Jazic, Cobi Jones (Robbie Findley 60), Chris Albright, Nathan Sturgis, Kyle Martino, Landon Donovan, Nate Jaqua.
Substitutes Not Used: Steve Cronin, Mike Randolph, Shavar Thomas, Josh Tudela, Kyle Veris

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