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Lalas, Gullit shown door by Galaxy - Los Angeles Times
Lalas, Gullit shown door by Galaxy - Los Angeles Times
Cobi Jones will take over from Gullit as the Galaxy's interim coach. The team's longest-serving and best-known player before the arrival of David Beckham, Jones had served as assistant coach under Gullit since November. Tom Payne, the team's assistant general manager will take over Lalas' duties on an interim basis, concentrating more on the business side. Payne will be assisted on the soccer ...
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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....

“The buildup of steam under pressure…”
Center Line Soccer — ... , a visual effects house in San Francisco. What does this have to do with soccer? Imagine, if you will, that the L.A. Galaxy is a tiny red house. Then, watch the following. As the narrator says, “the buildup of steam under pressure can cause many things to go off.” There. Now, with that introduction, we can properly share the news that Alexi Lalas and Ruud Gullit are no longer employed by the Galaxy . To continue with our analogy, a review of ...

Brog: Pennington’s Balls Deep Better Than Brett
SPORTSbyBROOKS — ... , then what’s the point publicizing who designed them? I never thought I’d ever say this, but we could’ve used Melissa Rivers on-mic last Friday for some comedic relief. Or whatever day the Ceremonies actually took place. The L.A. TIMES reports today that MLS Galaxy President & GM ...

Tuesday's Column & the Gullit & Lalas Aftermath
100 Percent Soccer — ... tension and the stress and the issues that we have had." Interim Coach Cobi Jones will try to hold things together beginning today. He won't receive much empathy. Many in the league who believe there's one rule for the Galaxy and another for the rest of MLS will enjoy this enforced lesson in humility. Here are the basics on what went down Monday from Galaxy beat writer Scott Wolf. Here's my take on the drama in today's column. Here's The Times' story. I'll have more later today from the ...

“The buildup of steam under pressure…”
Center Line Soccer — ... , a visual effects house in San Francisco. What does this have to do with soccer? Imagine, if you will, that the L.A. Galaxy is a tiny red house. Then, watch the following. As the narrator says, “the buildup of steam under pressure can cause many things to go off.” There. Now, with that introduction, we can properly share the news that Alexi Lalas and Ruud Gullit are no longer employed by the Galaxy . To continue with our analogy, a review of ...

Looking Back : Coaching Hotseat
Black Panther : A Soccer Blog — ... UPDATE : I wrote this Monday and scheduled it for Wednesday. But already things are shaking out. The LA Galaxy fired Alexi Lalas and Ruud Gullit. ...

Corporate Hoods and Futbol Minds
LA Galaxy — ... The day before yesterday, well the night really, I couldn’t sleep, I was thinking that this is the kind of Corporate Hood think that really really makes my guts clench (From the LA Times Grahame Jones piece): ...

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