Landon Donovan wins MLS Player of the Week for second consecutive week
web.mlsnet.com 4/28/2008 — April 28 --- MLSNet.com: Los Angeles Galaxy forward Landon Donovan was voted Major League Soccer's Player of the Week for Week 5 of the 2008 season. This is the second consecutive week that Donovan has received the honor. --- In the SuperClasico versus in-town rivals Chivas USA, Donovan scored a hat trick and tallied an assist in a 5-2 victory. --- Galaxy now sits in second place in the West...

More on Landon Donovan's sizzling streak
mlsdevelopment.typepad.com 4/29/2008 — Landon Donovan scored three goals and assisted on another, as the Los Angeles Galaxy won in emphatic 5-2 fashion against their Home Depot Center rivals Chivas USA. Alan Gordon scored a pair himself after coming off the bench, but the first SuperClasico match of the season was still a banner night for the Galaxy superstar.

GOAL.com MLS Breakdown: The Stars Come Out
goal.com 4/29/2008 — Week 5 Recap: In looking back at the weekend that was in Major League Soccer, Goal.com USA's Kyle McCarthy zeroes in on two of America's top players in Landon Donovan and Sacha Kljestan, while also giving out his weekly superlatives and Goal.com Power Rankings.

Sports of The Times: An Identity Stuck in the Swamps of New Jersey
nytimes.com 4/29/2008 — In a region not known to coddle second-raters, it is not much fun to be the least distinctive sports franchise in town. But that is the unfortunate position of the Red Bulls.

Vote of Landon Donovan for Goal of the Week #5
ballhype.com 4/29/2008 — In the 77th minute of the LA Galaxy's win over Chivas USA, Galaxy midfielder Landon Donovan unleashed a grassburner that beat Chivas keeper Brad Guzan. The goal gave the Galaxy a 4-2 lead, gave Donovan a hat trick and earned the talented American a Goal of the Week nomination.  He WON Goal of the Week last week, so vote here to see if we can help him repeat,  ...

Coach Ruud Gullit bemoans amateur nature of Galaxy — L.A. Times - Soccer 4/29/2008
He tells a British reporter that some recent moves, such as plucking a ticket salesman out of the front office to play in a reserve game, have left him shaking his head. > Galaxy ...

Red-hot TFC hosts focused Red Bulls — Major League Soccer News 4/29/2008
One of the hottest teams in the early going of the MLS season, Toronto FC face their next big challenge when the New York Red Bulls come calling on ESPN MLS Primetime Thursday.

RSL won't take play-in game lightly — Major League Soccer News 4/29/2008
Looking to cure their recent ailments back at home, Real Salt Lake head coach Jason Kreis insists his team treat their Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup play-in game with as much importance as an MLS league match.

Chivas hope to reverse early trend — Major League Soccer News 4/29/2008
Thus far in the young Major League Soccer campaign, Chivas USA has picked up on a rather disturbing trend. The Red-and-White has allowed the opponent to score first in four of the five games this season.

Earthquakes look to peak again — Major League Soccer News 4/30/2008
If one were to chart out the performances of the San Jose Earthquakes since their return to MLS, you'd get an uncanny resemblance to the Dow Jones Industrial Average -- up one game, down sharply the next, with last Sunday's performance in a 2-0 loss ...