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Los Angeles Galaxy vs. Montreal Impact: Analysis, Reaction and More
Bruce Arena’s Los Angeles Galaxy return to action on Saturday afternoon when they face Jesse Marsch’s Montreal Impact at the Stade Olympique in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Currently, the Galaxy have a record of 3-5-1 (10 points) and are struggling to get results early in the season. As for the Impact, they are having a relatively decent inaugural year, earning a record of 3-5-2 (11 points). However, they are coming off a 2-0 defeat to Toronto FC in the Amway Canadian Championship and will need to bounce back from this setback against a Galaxy team also in desperate need of a result. With a full house expected on Saturday, the biggest question of the day will be: "Which LA Galaxy team will show up?" Will it be the team that played gong show soccer against New York, or the team that was in fine form last season? Kickoff is scheduled for 1:00PT/4:00ET and will be televised locally by KDOC and KWHY. Keep it right here on Bleacher Report for continuing coverage of the 2012 Major League Soccer season and all things world football.Read more MLS news on BleacherReport.com9May/120
Los Angeles Galaxy vs. Montreal Impact: 10 Bold Predictions
This week, Bruce Arena's Los Angeles Galaxy continue their season with their inaugural meeting with the Montreal Impact at Stade Olympique. With a record of 3-5-1 (10 points), the Galaxy have one of the worst records in Major League Soccer and are in need of a wake-up call to remain in the postseason hunt.Kickoff is scheduled for May 12 at 1 p.m. PT/4 p.m. ET and will be televised locally by KDOC and KWHY. Here are 10 things to expect from this Saturday's contest between L.A. and Montreal.Begin Slideshow6May/120
David Beckham’s Performance vs. Red Bulls Shows He’s Not Made for Team GB
David Beckham of the Los Angeles Galaxy: I've got some really bad news for you, sir. For all of the honors you have garnered in the Premier League, in La Liga, in international play and in Major League Soccer, the bottom line is this: You are not going to the London 2012 Summer Olympics to waste your time with Team Great Britain. They don't need you. Plain and simple. How you seem to have all these false illusions and sense of security that you would be on the team because you have the icon status is beyond me.You're not going. Look at all the set piece opportunities you had in Saturday's game against the New York Red Bulls. All were cleared or wide of the goal. Your finishing is diabolical. Your style of long-ball passing is worthy of a gong show.And a really hilarious gong show at that. Stuart Pearce, against all my expectations, was at this match. He is going to cut you from the roster and you know it. You knew you couldn't make a mistake in creating chances for the Galaxy attack, so why did you do it multiple times?Heck, you can't even finish a shot from ...6May/120
Los Angeles Galaxy vs. Red Bull New York: Rating the Galaxy Players
The Los Angeles Galaxy have discovered a new, revolutionary way of playing the beautiful game of soccer. How do they do this? By sticking both middle fingers in the face of everything that makes it beautiful and sacred, and in effect, turn the game into a comedy show of horrors. That, ladies and gentlemen, is gong show soccer, and no one does it better than Bruce Arena's Los Angeles Galaxy. Mutilate the stat sheets, we don't care. What matters is that LA uses it as a create way to drop games. A solid example of gong show soccer: the 1-0 shutout loss to the New York Red Bulls at the Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif. on Cinco de Mayo. Let's go in depth at this tasty little disasterpiece that unfolded in Bleacher Report's player ratings. Don't hold your breath! Bill Gaudette 5 Quiet night. Save for failing to stop the most diminutive of scorers in Joel Lindpere, Gaudette had a quiet night in making stops, and was restricted to collections. Actually, he was better off being quiet, because according to the unwritten rules of gong show soccer, a quiet night is better than a terrible night ratings-wise. So there! ...6May/120
Los Angeles Galaxy vs. New York Red Bulls: 6 Things We Learned
Bruce Arena's Los Angeles Galaxy dropped yet another contest in Major League Soccer, this time to the New York Red Bulls, 2-1, at the Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif.Joel Lindpere scored the only goal of the match for the Red Bulls (5-3-1, 16 points), while LA drop to 3-5-1 (10 points) and are destined to return to the bottom of the MLS Western Conference standings.Here are six things we learned from Saturday's match.Begin Slideshow4May/120
Los Angeles Galaxy vs. Red Bull New York: Live Blog and Play-by-Play Analysis
Bruce Arena's Los Angeles Galaxy are once again on the hunt for a victory, and they get their chance at home against Hans Backe's New York Red Bulls, who will be without the services of Thierry Henry. Los Angeles currently sit near the bottom of the ultra-competitive Major League Soccer Western Conference table with a record of 3-4-1 (10 points).They need a win to keep up with the pace set by teams like the San Jose Earthquakes, Real Salt Lake, the Vancouver Whitecaps and the Seattle Sounders.Kickoff is scheduled for 8 p.m. ET and will be televised by ESPN and ESPN Deportes. The live blog will begin at approximately 6:15 p.m. ET.Keep it right here on Bleacher Report for continuing coverage of the 2012 Major League Soccer season and all things World Football.Read more MLS news on BleacherReport.com3May/120
Los Angeles Galaxy vs. Red Bull New York: 10 Bold Predictions
Bruce Arena's Los Angeles Galaxy come into the Home Depot Center straggling on their hands and knees when they host the New York Red Bulls on Saturday. With a record of 3-4-1, the Galaxy are off the pace in the MLS Western Conference and need a positive result against a New York team that is near the top of the MLS Eastern Conference standings at 4-3-1.Kickoff is scheduled for 5 p.m. PT/8 p.m. ET and will be televised by ESPN and ESPN Deportes. Here are 10 bold predictions for this contest.Begin Slideshow3May/120
Los Angeles Galaxy vs. Seattle Sounders: Rating the Galaxy Players
The Los Angeles Galaxy were dancing with wolves on Wednesday night at CenturyLink Field in Seattle, Washington, and the patchwork lineup sent by Bruce Arena was easy prey for a Seattle Sounders team in need of a league result against LA. Seattle shutout the Galaxy 2-0 in a match that proved to be one-sided, despite the stat sheets suggesting an equal contest. No star power leads to a bad result. And a bad result leads to poor ratings. Bill Gaudette 5 Gaudette was beaten twice in the match by the scoring tandem of Eddie Johnson and Fredy Montero. He didn't make enough saves to acquit himself and has to be wondering just exactly what happened to the now fallen star known as Josh Saunders. It was not one of his best nights, and he can only hope that an improved performance against New York is in the books. He can only hope. David Junior Lopes 4 Another off night for Lopes in the back line. Played out of position at times and couldn't stop Montero and Johnson from dealing irreversible damage. Sean Franklin 4 Turned the ball over one too many times, and when you can't beat the Sisters of ...3May/120
Los Angeles Galaxy vs. Seattle Sounders: 6 Things We Learned
Bruce Arena is, for what it's worth, a very compulsive gambler. He hoped for a miracle by fielding a virtual B-team of starters and benchwarmers for the Los Angeles Galaxy against the Seattle Sounders...and lost, 2-0, at CenturyLink Field in Seattle, Wash.As the Galaxy slink back to the Home Depot Center for Saturday's contest with the New York Red Bulls, here are six things we learned from the midweek tilt in Seattle.Begin Slideshow1May/120