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Galaxy players react to departures of Ruud Gullit and Alexi Lalas
Galaxy players react to departures of Ruud Gullit and Alexi Lalas
Veteran midfielder Peter Vagenas says 'there's blood in the water' as team discusses resignation of coach and firing of general manager. > Ruud Gullit showed up at the Home Depot Center on Tuesday morning and bid a rather tense farewell to the Galaxy team he had coached for all of nine months, making a few friends along the way and, by all accounts, a few enemies as well.
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101 Great Goals - latest football videos and international soccer goals from the Premier League, Champions League,La liga, Serie A, World Cup, UEFA Cup and more — ... Grahame L. Jones in the LA Times sheds some more light on the departures of Alexi Lalas and Ruud Gullit from La Galaxy. “‘Believe it or not, it was actually better toward the end,’ [Landon] Donovan said of his relationship with Gullit. ‘Initially, he was a little hard on me. I was always fine with that as long as it was respectful. At times it was a little disrespectful and that bothered me. But I think he figured out that as long as he treated me respectfully he could say things to me and I would get on with it. So I would characterize it ...

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