This is the Los Angeles Galaxy: Donovan Ricketts

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


He moves to his left, and moves to his right like a man whose only basis behind this rationale is pure intuition without compromise. A leap. A punch of a leather sphere. Another leap, and he grabs the same sphere with his gloves, stuck to his human paws as if they were attached with glue.

Now he rolls, and scoops the sphere while waving a throng of 21 other players away before giving it an ambitious kick into the opposing half like a missile shot from the goalposts.

It's all part of another shutout performance from Los Angeles Galaxy goalkeeper Donovan Ricketts. The date is April 24, 2010. The venue is CommunityAmerica Ballpark in Kansas City, Kansas.

The performance? Just what you would expect out of the current Big Cat in front of the net. In the beginning, it was Jorge Campos who became the first great goalkeeper for Los Angeles. Then it was ...

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