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Video:  GALAXY v FIRE --- (August 21)
Video: GALAXY v FIRE --- (August 21)
(4:39) Official highlights: US Soccer icon Brian McBride made his first start for Chicago in this "Primetime Thursday" match versus LA at the Home Depot Center. --- The two highest-salaried players of the teams (Blanco and Beckham) were both out due to international commitments, but the Fire seemed engergized with McBride; he scored an assist on a goal by John Thorrington in this match. (ESPN)
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100 Percent Soccer — Bruce Arena Photos by Scott Varley Watched and blogging my fourth game in 24 hours or so. Stand back and no one will get hurt. This was one of those nights when the press conference was more interesting than the actual game. We had a local lad having a great night, a new famous coach at his first game and Brian McBride back in MLS. Here's Galaxy Coach Bruce Arena on his first game in charge against the Fire: "I think they're one of the better teams in the league and I thought they came out well and put us under a lot of pressure early. It took us about 20 minutes to ...

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MLS Week 22 highlights - ...including Goal and Player of the Week
San Diego MLS Project — (see Wednesday's episode of "Extra Time" at bottom of page) Weekend and weeknight regular-season MLS matches took place in the 22nd round, and with all of the player and coaching changes taking place and showing up in action, it's beginning to make the final two-month stretch of the season very interesting, indeed... Here, MLSNet features from three of the week's best matches, and other great stuff like Goal of the Week and Player of the Week... ENJOY =) FIRE @ GALAXY, At the Home Depot Center, we saw the ...

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