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LOS ANGELES -- Ruud Gullit has resigned as coach of the slumping Los Angeles Galaxy for personal reasons, and president/general manager Alexi Lalas also is out of a job. "We are stepping up and doing what we need to do to straighten this thing out," Galaxy investor/operator Tim Leiweke told The Associated Press on Monday in announcing the changes. The Galaxy, led by English star David Beckham ...
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OUTGOING: Ruud Gullit and Alexi Lalas from LA Galaxy (BREAKING)
Major League Soccer (MLS) Rumors - For the time between the games —
Well now we know what the meeting was about and now we can now confirm what we called a while back..... According to this article on Fox Sports Gullit and Lalas are out in LA and Cobi Jones of all people has been announced as interim coach. Who does AEG think they will get to replace Gullit? What will Beckham do? BREAKING: More here.......and here.....and here....and here....
Massacre At The HDC!
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Updates at bottom.
So the hammer comes down.
The Los Angeles Times, in a story by Grahame Jones, reports that AEG has axed BOTH Alexi Lalas and Ruud Gullit in a meeting held today.
Jones reports,
In a pair of sweeping changes brought about by a Major League Soccer season in meltdown, the Los Angeles Galaxy today removed Alexi Lalas as team president and general manager and Ruud Gullit as coach.
In its official statement on the changes, AEG, which owns the team, said that Gullit had resigned “for personal reasons” and that Lalas’ contract was up at ...
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