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GALAXY:  Jones takes over in LA after changes
GALAXY: Jones takes over in LA after changes
August 11 --- Cobi Jones named interim coach --- MLSNet.com: The Galaxy are mired in a seven-match winless streak and although they lead the league in goals scored with 38, they have conceded a league-high 40. --- Heading into Thursday's SuperClasico against Chivas USA, the Galaxy are in fourth place in the Western Conference with a 6-8-5 record...
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Galaxy’s mistakes should be familiar to MLS observers
Center Line Soccer — Galaxy’s mistakes should be familiar to MLS observers With so many new signings and a great improvement in play, we really should be back to Earthquakes-related items today. But our attention is still captured by the slow-motion train wreck occurring some 400 miles to the south in Los Angeles, after the coup de grâce was applied to Ruud Gullit and Alexi Lalas by the Quakes on August 3. The Galaxy have finished in fifth place each of the last two years and are currently out of the playoff picture again this year, too. They are now on their fourth head coach in three years and are searching for a fifth. At the rate their going, they should just go ahead and drop the Galaxy name for ...

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