Galaxy 2-1 Toronto: The Dream Continues

By: Laurie | October 13th, 2007

This is me, with my mind filled with, like, love, and happiness, and, y’know, world peace and an end to famine and stuff.

And…um…wine. (Which does make the Galaxy games much easier to watch. I highly recommend it.)

Seriously, though, what a great day! I dragged myself out of bed this morning to watch my beloved France National Team take a 6-0 win over the Faroe Islands, and then tonight I watched my beloved Galaxy keep their playoff hopes alive. Does it get any better than this? It think not.

(Well, technically, it would have been better if Georgia had beaten Italy and bumped them out of Euro qualifier position, and if DC had beaten Chicago rather than settling for a nil-nil draw. But we’ll take what we can get.)

And what we can get is three points! Yea, woohoo, etc.

I’m not buying into those Galaxy-must-get-into-the-playoffs conspiracy theories, but luck in the form of things like red cards does seem to go our way lately, doesn’t it? Yes, the last Toronto defender pulled Gavin Glinton down in the box, which is technically a red card offense… But I can think of at least one Galaxy defender who’s done the same thing with just a yellow. So…well…make of this what you will. Because we won!

The goals were a Landon Donovan PK after that Glinton pull-down, and then a Donovan-to-Chris Klein-to-Edson Buddle-to-goal thing that was really pretty. It has to be an amazing feelingfor Edson Buddle to score the game winner against his former team, particularly since he hasn’t been fit and on the field much lately. And I am loving Chris Klein more every week.

And the more the season goes on, the more I’m also loving Frank Yallop. His starting and substitution choices are exquisite. He really has a feel for what this team is capable of at any given moment. (And I’m glad that the Klinsmann thing was just a rumor.)

You know what the best part was, though? Seeing David Beckham, in his suit, coming down to congratulate the team and knowing they did it without him. Not because there’s anything wrong with Beckham, of course, but because the team was created earlier this year with the apparent belief that the season couldn’t be complete without him. And yet it has been. Who would have thought this possible in the middle of the year?

Whether or not we make the playoffs, I am so proud of these guys for surviving this year with style. Go, Galaxy!!