dailybreeze.com - 8/12/2008
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Galaxy coach Ruud Gullit promised sexy football. We got celibate soccer. And in the wake of Gullit's departure and General Manager Alexi Lalas' firing Monday, the Galaxy need a massive dose of on-field Viagra or the team will limply miss the playoffs for an unprecedented third consecutive year. For Galaxy co-owner Anschutz Entertainment Group, that would constitute nothing less than ...
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Tuesday's Column & the Gullit & Lalas Aftermath
100 Percent Soccer —
... here. We need to get rid of the 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 ...
Cry For The Late Change News
du Nord —
... Nick Green of the Daily Breeze has an article on the whole messy scene. And Green puts the biggest blame where is should be placed - on Leiweke and AEG's shoulders. ...
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Massacre At The HDC!
lagalaxy.theoffside.com 8/12/2008 — Updates at bottom.
So the hammer comes down.
The Los Angeles Times, in a story by Grahame Jones , reports that AEG has axed BOTH Alexi Lalas and Ruud Gullit in a meeting held today.
Jones reports,
In a pair of sweeping changes brought about ...
GALAXY: Jones takes over in LA after changes
web.mlsnet.com 8/12/2008 — 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...
Wild Speculation and Irresponsible Rumor Mongering
unprofessionalfoul.blogspot.com 8/12/2008 — We're not really journalists by any rigorous standards, so we're relatively comfortable repeating things that we cannot confirm. But one of the local sports talk radio shows in Houston (790 the Sports Animal... and great job with the name guys) runs ...
FAIL! Ruud Gullit resigns as LA Galaxy head coach, Alexi Lalas sacked
whoateallthepies.tv 8/12/2008 — Galaxy do fine impression of collapsing star Well that went well. Ruud Gullit's Hollywood adventure lasted all of nine months, in which time he again proved that great players don't necessarily make great managers. Gullit resigned - was he pushed?... ...
