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wvhooligan.com - 8/11/2008
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We’ve all talked about the writings on the wall for weeks…no make that months. Now it all appears to be final . LA Galaxy head coach Ruud Gullit and General Manager Alexi Lalas have both left the Galaxy. Gullit is leaving for personal reasons and Lalas is just out of a job.
Gullit will be succeeded on an interim basis by 37-year-old Cobi Jones, a first-year assistant who retired ...
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