web.mlsnet.com - 8/15/2008
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August 14 --- Galaxy score late, take SuperClásico --- MLSNet.com: Paulo Nagamura and Atiba Harris gave Chivas USA a second-half lead, but the Los Angeles Galaxy came back to score a late goal on an Alan Gordon header in stoppage time as the teams played to a 2-2 draw before a sellout crowd Thursday at the HDC. --- Cobi Jones was in his first game as interim head coach for the Galaxy...
Chivas USA Midfielder Jesse Marsch Out Up to Eight Weeks With Broken Jaw —
100 Percent Soccer
Veteran Chivas USA midfielder Jesse Marsch, a team leader and defensive stalwart, is out for six to eight weeks with a fractured jaw suffered in Thursday's game against the Galaxy, the team confirmed today.
He joins an ever-growing injury list at the club that has hampered its effort to match last season's performance when Chivas USA was Western Conference champion.
Marsch sustained the ...
More Reports: Arena is New Galaxy Coach —
100 Percent Soccer
Other media outlets are confirming this afternoon what Phil Collin wrote in his Galaxy-Chivas USA game story last night that many of you read here: "Sources said the Galaxy are expected to have a press conference next week to announce the hiring of Arena."
I'm betting the press conference is Monday.
Confirming the story are blogs like Soccer Insider and Soccer By Ives.
The latter ...
Chivas USA vs. Galaxy game reactions —
Dentro del Rebaño - The Official Bilingual Blog of Chivas USA
Head Coach Preki and Chivas USA players react to the club's 2-2 draw in the final Superclasico of the season. You can watch it on our Official YouTube Channel here : Chivas USA starts a busy stretch of four games in 11 days for the team with a midweek match next Wednesday at the Houston Dynamo, before returning to The Home Depot Center on Saturday, Aug. 23 to play the San Jose Earthquakes. ...
Bruce Arena Named Coach of LA Galaxy —
Yanks Soccer
Bruce Arena’s era has begun in LA.
According to sources within MLS and the Galaxy, Bruce Arena will be the next head coach of the LA Galaxy. Everybody who stayed up late and watched the Galaxy play Chivas USA last night saw Arena in the owners box, being courted by Tim Lieweke. Lieweke was reticent to say much about any deals in the works, but we now know that Arena was being ...
Cobi’s Coaching Debut —
WVHooligan - Soccer Blog
Cobi Jones made his coaching debut last night against Chivas USA in a 2-2 draw. An excellent game overall that showed loads of passion out of each club. Jones looked all Hollywood in his debut but what did you all think of him last night? Somehow his club came back and tied that game and won the SuperClasico for the third time in four years.
With Bruce Arena in the picture right now was ...
Arena Gets “Interview” With Galaxy —
WVHooligan - Soccer Blog
It seemed like it was just old friends hanging out more than two guys talking about what’s wrong with the LA Galaxy. Well when you read comments made by AEG president Tim Leiweke about Bruce Arena during the ESPN broadcast of the match you may be able to read between the lines here.
Leiweke met with Arena yesterday before LA’s SuperClasico game with Chivas USA. It wasn’t ...
Chivas USA-Galaxy Post-Game —
100 Percent Soccer
Photo by Scott Varley
Cobi Jones' MLS coaching debut sadly became a footnote on a night when former U.S. National Team coach Bruce Arena emerged as the next likely Galaxy coach.
So largely did the game, which included an 89th minute Mike Randolph shot that crashed off the bar after a long David Beckham pass, a dramatic stoppage time equalizer from Alan Gordon and a fractured jaw from ...
MLS SuperClassico: Stalemate between Chivas and the Galaxy —
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Chivas USA 2 - LA Galaxy 2 (MLS, August 14, 2008) In the SuperClassico, Landon Donovan opened the scoring for the Galaxy in the 8th minute. Atiba Harris found the equaliser for Chivas in the 50th minute off a pass from Paulo Nagamura, then and reciprocated by setting up Nagamura’s goal in the 63rd to make it 2-1. But just as it looked all over for LA, Alan Gordon headed in a goal in ...
Superclasico Final Result: Chivas USA-Galaxy —
100 Percent Soccer
The game ended in a 2-2 tie, Chivas USA falling behind to a first half Landon Donovan goal, then clawing back with two goals from Atiba Harris and Paulo Nagamura inside 13 minutes early in the second half.
The Galaxy equalized through an Alan Gordon header in stoppage time.
That prolongs the Galaxy winless streak to eight, by the way.
I'll be back with more later from the locker rooms.
AEG President Tim Leiweke on Bruce Arena - The Next Galaxy Coach? —
100 Percent Soccer
The Superclasico has taken on secondary importance tonight with word that Galaxy owner Anschutz Entertainment Group wants Bruce Arena as the team's next coach.
AEG President Leiweke said as much to journalists in the press box after also appearing on ESPN2 during the first half of the game.
Leiweke said is not looking at Arena as president/general manager, but as coach; now all AEG has ...
Los Angeles Galaxy vs. Chivas USA: Your Running Commentary —
Soccer By Ives
Good evening folks, tonight marks the latest installment of the 'SuperClasico' between the Los Angeles Galaxy and Chivas USA.
If you will be watching tonight's match, please feel free to share your thoughts, opinions and some play-by-play in the comments section below.
Enjoy the match.
Galaxy at Chivas USA & a Bruce Arena Sighting —
100 Percent Soccer
Blogging could be problematic tonight because of problems with the tubes and wires of the Internet thingie here at the Home Depot Center so bear with me (hey, it's only a $150 million stadium).
But former U.S. Coach Bruce Arena is in the building this evening so you know what that means. He didn't come all the way out from the East Coast just to watch. And the rumor is former Galaxy ...
SuperClasico TONIGHT! —
Chivas USA
Chivas USA take on the Galaxy tonight… at least what is left of the Chivas USA.
The depleted team is trying to field a team, and barely has enough numbers for the pitcha nd to fill the bench.
Preki talks about it here.
Who is out? Jonathan Bornstein is the latest addition with a Left thigh strain. Lawson Vaughn is also added to the list with a knee sprain and it looks like ...
The Thursday Night Hype: SuperClasico Edition —
The Offside Rules
What it is y'all? I know you don't need reminding buuuuuuuuuuuut....... The Battle of Los Angeles is tonight and Rage Against The Machine won't be found anywhere near the HDC. Chivas USA and LA Galaxy are going to the mat for a desperately needed three points with emotion hanging in the SoCal air like smog on the 405. LA's somewhat rudderless and definitely Ruud-less while Chivas USA will ...
Thursday SuperClasico Gameday: Galaxy-Chivas USA —
100 Percent Soccer
The still stunned LA Galaxy (6-8-5, 23 pts.) faces still injury-ravaged Chivas USA (6-8-4, 22 pts.) live at 8 p.m. (pre-game show starts at 7:30 p.m.) on ESPN2 with, um, fourth place in the Western Conference on the line.
This is the 15th time the two intrastadium rivals have met. The Galaxy won the first five meetings between the teams; since then (June 2006) the series has been even at ...
Reserve Game Cancelled —
The LA Galaxy
We just got word that Friday's reserve game between the Galaxy and Chivas USA has been cancelled and will be made up at a later date. With that game cancelled, the next chance that fans will have to see the Galaxy reserves, who are 1-4-2 through their first seven games this season, will be on Sunday, Sept. 7 when they host Real Salt Lake at The Home Depot Center at 10 a.m.
Suárez throws the first pitch —
Dentro del Rebaño - The Official Bilingual Blog of Chivas USA
Ahead of Thursday night's Honda Super Clásico between Chivas USA and the Los Angeles Galaxy, Chivas USA captain and renowned Mexican defender Claudio 'El Emperador' Suárez threw the ceremonial first pitch on Monday night's game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Philadelphia Phillies at Dodger Stadium. Throughout the 2008 Major League Soccer season, Chivas USA has been celebrating the ...
Chivas lament loss of points, Marsch —
Major League Soccer News
The way Chivas USA coach Preki saw it, the Los Angeles Galaxy got away with more than one point on Thursday. With Chivas USA ahead 2-1 with a quarter hour remaining, Galaxy rookie defender Sean Franklin elbowed Jesse Marsch in the face. The blow ...
Galaxy, Chivas tie 2-2 (AP) —
Yahoo! Sports - MLS News
Alan Gordon knocked in a header from 12 yards out in stoppage time Thursday night to lift the Los Angeles Galaxy into a 2-2 with Chivas USA. There was a brief skirmish at midfield shortly after the game, with several players -- including the Galaxy's ...
Galaxy-CD Chivas USA Preview (AP) —
Yahoo! Sports - MLS News
Just two months ago, the Los Angeles Galaxy were in first place and appeared to be a force in the Western Conference. A seven-game winless streak has certainly changed that, and now they're searching for a new general manager and coach. The Galaxy ...