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The LA Galaxy made history today by being the first MLS club to sign one of their youth academy players. And Galaxy forward Tristan Bowen becomes the first academy player signed to a Generation Adidas contract. More over on Soccer By Ives... Click to continue reading...

So I was in Google News today (search phrase "LA Galaxy") looking for some positive news about the Galaxy as we head into our must-win game with Columbus. Here are some headline I found that, at least initially, made me feel a bit better.

I discovered that...

...our Young Galaxy's Magnetic Field is Surprisingly Strong.

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It's the Crew's world and we're all just living in it. Columbus clinches a playoff berth with the win.

In other news, Dallas with a big win put itself in the heart of the playoff picture and Kenny Cooper netted his 15th of the season. Also there was a game with 9 goals. Wild!

Scores and standings, let's go. Click to continue reading...

So it's no secret that I'm an LA Galaxy fan, right? Even now, when they've won only one of their last 14 games and are looking like they're going to miss the playoffs for the third straight season. But even I had to laugh at this one. The man who brought the [...] Click to continue reading...

Wanna talk about Thursday's game?

Yeah, me neither.

So instead, I'd like to say that anybody who's in New York on Oct 2 can stop by and see former Galaxy guy Kyle Martino playing in a fundraiser game for a

Green'-Carpet Event and Live Auction to Benefit Nonprofit Grassroot Soccer and its Mission to End HIV/AIDS Using the ‘Power of Soccer'

Other players will include:

WHO: Michael Strahan (frmr NY Giants) ** Anthony LaPaglia ("Without a Trace") ** Brandon Routh ("Superman") ** Jimmy Jean-Louis ("Heroes") ** Gilles Marini ("Sex and the City") ** Annie Churchill ** Skeet Ulrich ("Jericho") ** Donal Logue ("The Tao of Steve") ** Costas Mandylor ("Saw") ** Richard Gough (frmr Scotland National Team) ** Frank LeBoeuf (frmr France National Team) ** Kyle Martino (frmr LA Galaxy) ** Lydia Hearst ** Brian Dunseth (FOX analyst) ** Ethan Zohn (Survivor: Africa) ** Heather O'Reilly (Gold-Medalist, 2008 Olympiad; U.

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Brandon Moore, M S&T (Rolla 2005) defends against Brian Fishback, Indy Greyhounds (Parkview 2005)

Missouri S&T Miners - 1
Indianapolis Greyhounds - 0
An important win for the Miner's Friday night at home as senior Corey Bailey (Olathe) pairs with Mario Calderon to 'make a play' in the words of Coach Joe Ahearn.

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So it's the day after the Los Angeles Galaxy's awful 3-1 loss to Chicago on Thursday and you're probably wondering where the Galaxy will go from here. I can tell you where at least one of their players is.

None other than David Beckham is in New York City today along with wife Victoria to promote their fragrance lines.

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In another match with huge playoff implications, the Chicago Fire battled the LA Galaxy on Thursday night, coming away with a well-deserved 3-1 victory. Click to continue reading...

Tonight the Galaxy tries to keep its flickering post-season hopes alive in a must-win showdown in Bridgeview, IL against the Chicago Fire. Chicago has been struggling of late, losing the last two games by a combined score of 6-1, but the legendarily leaky Galaxy defense might be just what they need to get back on their game.

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After watching the Fire get dismantled by Dallas last Sunday I decided that it would be better if I forgot about the game completely and not write about it. So with that being said lets move on to the next game which happens to be tonight against everyones favorite team to make fun of: The LA Galaxy.

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I stole this image from a Flikr stream created by "thisguyprints". I hope he doesn't sue me.

A few weeks ago I took out my frustration with the 2008 season on the Galaxy front office, sending a lengthy e-mail to my season ticket rep and laying out my conditions for renewal. I turned that e-mail into this post from September 10th.

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With this week's reports that German giants Bayern Munich are sniffing around, Goal.com's Seth Vertelney urges LA Galaxy star Landon Donovan to go abroad again. Click to continue reading...

USA Major Soccer League: Chicago Fire are meeting LA Galaxy Friday September 25th. Don`t forget to sign up 11×2.com - the next big football site Watch the Highlights and LIVESTREAM here  Pre-register at the NEW football site 11×2 today Click to continue reading...

With just about 5 weeks remaining in the regular season schedule the race to the playoffs is heating up. Here is a quick look at the current situation of each team

Columbus Crew 14-6-5 47pts

The Crew missed the playoffs last year and are on the top this year.

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Landon Donovan won MLS Player of the Week for his part in LA Galaxy's 5-2 win over DC United this past weekend. With a nice hat-trick (three good goals) and a beaut of an assist (around the 4:45 mark) there's little doubt he deserved it. And there's a growing whisper that maybe the time is [...] Click to continue reading...

A smattering of Galaxy related reads for your perusal:

*Soccer America's Ridge Mahoney looks at Landon Donovan's MLS MVP chances. (On track for a career-best season, Donovan is doing his best to impress so he can jump ship to Bayern Munich, Europe in general or really anywhere as long as he flees the increasingly erratic Galaxy).

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I've thought for months about how I would write a post lauding Landon Donovan.  And I've come up with very little because, frankly, the guy leaves me speechless.  I know there are other, better, players in the world today.  There's just something about Donovan though.

Back in the day when I played club in LA I played with a gal who left me speechless as well.

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Local charities to benefit from David Beckham book (From Preston and Leyland Citizen)

By Citizen newsdesk »St Catherine's Hospice in Lostock Hall and the Preston mayor's charities are to benefit from sales of the book David Beckham-In at The Deep End, by Preston author, Andrew Atkinson.The book follows Beckham during his time on loan at Preston from Manchester United in 1995 and chronicles the England and LA Galaxy star's time at Deepdale.

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Los Angeles Galaxy midfielder Landon Donovan has been chosen as MLS Player of the Week for his three-goal, one-assist performance in the Galaxy's 5-2 win over D.C. United this past Saturday. It is the fourth time this season that Donovan has earned the award and the ninth time in his career.Donovan's stellar performance propelled the Galaxy to a much-needed victory - the first of Bruce Arena's tenure with the club - that helps keep LA in the hunt for the eighth and final playoff spot. Click to continue reading...

By request from one of my readers, here are the teams ranked from 11-30 on the CONCACAF club coefficient list. Like I said, the cut-and-paste job was a pain, and the font sizes are out of whack. But there it is. Houston Dynamo USA 24.000 Puntarenas FC Costa Rica 23.771 Pérez Zeledón Costa Rica 21.771 Herediano Costa Rica 21. Click to continue reading...

As the MLS regular season winds down and we find out who the real contenders are, the parity of the league has never been more obvious. All 14 teams are still in contention for a playoff spot while only one - the Columbus Crew - has absolutely clinched a spot in the postseason.Below is a breakdown of each team's remaining games, as well as the percentage of available points they have taken both at home and on the road so far this year. Click to continue reading...

It was an odd week in the standings. The top teams from last week did well and so did most of the teams near the bottom. The middle-of-the-pack, though, had some downright terrible losses as DC, New York and Chicago were all embarrassed soundly.

It had a slight affect on the table, though the top and bottom didn't change too much. Click to continue reading...

Still tied for last in the West, but only two points out of third.

How bizarre.

But Landon Donovan is the centerpiece of this week on my end. Three more goals for him brings the season total to 19. That's the second highest total since 2002. Yowza!

That's also five more than Kenny Cooper, his nearest pursuer in the golden boot race. Click to continue reading...

Stop the presses, the Los Angeles Galaxy finally won a game! Yes, the MLS's flagship team ended a three month winless streak to beat D.C. United this week. This is a a look at this weekends games in Major League Soccer and how the playoff run is shaping up. LA Galaxy 5 D.C. United 2 Landon Donovan [. Click to continue reading...

What happens when you link up the greatest American coach with the greatest American player in the greatest American matchup? A hat trick of course! The renewed partnership of Bruce Arena of Landon Donovan so successful for the US National Team until Germany 2006 paid dividends for the LA Galaxy last night in the biggest [. Click to continue reading...

Most teams have a theme song they blast out in the dressing room before they take the field in a bid to get the blood pumping. Former England defender Stuart Pierce used to subject his fellow Nottingham Forest colleagues to "Anarchy in the UK" by the Sex Pistols at ear-splitting volume before they took to the field of play. Click to continue reading...

The Galaxy enter today's home game (8:00 pm PDT - FSC) in the grip of a club-record 12 game winless streak, taking just six points from the 36 on offer. They sit at the bottom of the Western Conference on 26 points, four points out of the last Western playoff spot. It's been over 100 days since the team's last win and it is the first time since mid-July that both Landon Donovan and David Beckham will be playing together in front of the Home Depot Center crowd.

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D.C. United and the LA Galaxy meet for the second and final time Saturday night at the Home Depot Center (Fox Soccer Channel, 11 p.m. ET). Things have changed a bit since the two team's first meeting on June 29 when United extended their unbeaten streak at the time to six games (5-0-1) with a 4-1 win over the visiting Galaxy.

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It seems one of the things that may have prompted MLS to consider major changes to the schedule might have been the words of ex-LA Galaxy boss, Ruud Gullit. In this interview with Britain's Daily Mail he give MLS some constructive criticism that many readers here likely agree with.

Here is an excerpt:

Courtesy of our friends at Tribal Football:

Former LA Galaxy coach Ruud Gullit says there's a lot that needs to change in MLS.

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This strange story comes to us from a reader down under:

Mark Bosnich Age:36 Position:Goal Keeper Previous Clubs: Aston Villa, Manchester United, Chelsea After his short term stint with Central Coast Marniers after not playing a competitive match in 5 years, he is now looking for a club.

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Work, and The Magazine, are requiring plenty of my time these days folks so I apologize for the lack of diversity on the site the past week or so. I love the High School game but there's more to be aware of and enjoy out there. I'll be back to normal programming next week, including a number of College Player updates.

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Work, and The Magazine, are requiring plenty of my time these days folks so I apologize for the lack of diversity on the site the past week or so. I love the High School game but there's more to be aware of and enjoy out there. I'll be back to normal programming next week, including a number of College Player updates.

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Poor Dave Denholm, he has a soccer, "Podcast" that really isn't a podcast as there is no way to subscribe to it, not that you'd want to after his outburst. Additionally, his poor LA Galaxy team is likely out of the hunt for MLS Cup which will be hosted in their own stadium.

Unfortunately for Dave, he came unglued on CSRN's "Around The League" Radio Show. Click to continue reading...

Rock bottom. You know it is when Beckham is booed.

That's where the Los Angeles Galaxy sit with a lowly 26 points. The poor suckers lost to 2-0 to Kansas City on Saturday, a game that was also noteworthy for its 'goal of the year' candidate strike by Davy Arnaud.

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The LA Galaxy continue to slide and Joe Cannon is missed more and more. Click to continue reading...