This Is The Los Angeles Galaxy: Michael Stephens

This is Part Nine in a series of articles on the players that make up the 2010 Los Angeles Galaxy.

Midfielder Michael Stephens is one hot rookie. Plain and simple.

Aside from his boyish looks and youthful charms, he is a player of the future for the Los Angeles Galaxy. On Sunday against Boca Juniors, Stephens showed what his ability could do when he has the ball at his feet.

It's his power to dictate off the misdirection and facilitation that makes the Galaxy's No. 26 quite a sensation.

Michael Francis Stephens was born on April 3, 1989 in Hinsdale, Illinois. The so-called epicenter of the "teardown" phenomenon, Hinsdale has seen more than 25 percent of its housing stock having been replaced with larger, newer homes for nearly three decades.

However, Stephens spent a great deal of his life in nearby Naperville. A footballing hotbed, Naperville is home to a number of business such as Nalco Holding Company, Tellabs, Alcatel-Lucent, and the BP...

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