This Is The Los Angeles Galaxy: Josh Saunders

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

In the game of soccer, players will get injured. Sometimes the knocks will tend to last a few days, sometimes weeks, sometimes months, and in a number of cases the injuries are severe and cruel enough to cut a promising career short.

Los Angeles Galaxy backup goalkeeper Josh Saunders is an example of how those waiting in the wings will need to be ready to step up to the challenge. Once upon a time, they rode the pines and warmed the sideline benches. Nowadays, they are the target.

Saunders knows this all too well, having delivered a brave performance in place of starter Donovan Ricketts at the 2009 MLS Cup.

But one would be misled to think that Saunders's experience hasn't led him to places never before thought of. After all, he plays for Puerto Rico, a relative soccer minnow situated in the middle of Caribbean.

And while Puerto Rico fa...

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