galaxy Stories - Black And Red United
Waiting by the phone
If I get a call later tonight and am asked to be the new General Manager of the San Jose Earthquakes, here is the list of players I will select (assuming I can negotiate myself a reasonable starting salary...)GK: Kevin HartmanDEF: Alex Zotinca, Ryan Cochrane, Brandon PrideauxMID: Kyle Martino, Ned...
Perkins move
I probably sound like a curmedgeon. Because I hate change. But I've come to love Troy Perkins over the past two years, just as I've come to love Christian Gomez.The words I keep hearing are that Joe Cannon is the most consistent keeper in the MLS. He's just had bad defenses in front of him. Of...
Quavas Kirk
Is Alexi Lalas even a fan of the Galaxy? A trade like this makes me wonder if he really has much interest in winning.Ok let me back it up. I guess if you're looking at the Greg Vanney / Quavas Kirk trade purely in terms of on-the-field talent, it's actually pretty even. Vanney started most of the...
Out West
Seems to be a stark difference between the East and West in terms of the changes that sweep through each conference each season. DC, New England, and Chicago seem to be in contention every year in the East. But in the West, there's one team at the top, and then there's everyone else beating each...
On Clean Sheets
I'm not concerned with the fact that DC United finds themselves in last place in the Eastern Conference after 5 weeks. Because as others have pointed out, the MLS Regular Season is long and forgiving. Nor am I concerned with the team being in the bottom third of the league in goals against, despite...
The win they needed
After a couple of underwhelming victories the past few weeks, this win was just what United needed to not only continue their unbeaten streak, but also gain some confidence going into Superliga. Recently, United has been beating lesser opponents while giving up too many goalscoring opportunities....
Continuing the downward spiral
As frustrating as it was to watch this team on a roller coaster ride that had its share of ups and downs the past few months, I would trade the past three weeks for that roller coaster. I'm not going to argue that we deserved to win this match, because clearly we didn't, but it sure made it hard...
The Donovan Rule
I've written before that I don't like the idea of Juan Sebastian Veron as a replacement for Christian Gomez. Because Gomez is a proven commodity as the best player on this team. Maybe Veron will be even better, but in my opinion, probably not.Well all reports are indicating that Veron is close to...
Today in Sports History: July 21st
(Beckham kicks the ball in his MLS debut. Photo by Shaun Botterill, Getty Images) 7/21/2007 - Beckham makes U.S. debut In January 2007, the Los Angeles Galaxy of Major League Soccer announced that they had signed David Beckham to a five-year deal worth $250 million. The deal, which was later...
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