Articles tagged with "carlos ruiz"
Trade Ruiz?
By jen | May 15th, 2008Hmm. Some interesting thoughts on the matter. We could get some more defensive talent. We don't necessarily need his production on offense as much as we need better defense. But I'm so gun shy of big trades like this from last year that I cri ...
MLS Says They're Aiming for "Transparency." Whatever That Means
By Laurie | April 24th, 2008It can sometimes be embarrassing to be an LA Galaxy fan. And I'm not talking here about play on the field. (No. Really. They're getting better this year. I'm serious.) What I'm talking about are all of the behind-closed-door decisions by ML ...
Injury List for Houston
By Laurie | April 18th, 2008Okay, the most recent injury list. GK Charles Alamo OUT - R knee surgery DF Ante Jazic OUT - R ankle surgery FW Carlos Ruiz OUT - R knee MF Ely Allen OUT - R hamstring GK Steve Cronin QUESTIONABLE - L groin MF Alvaro Pires QUESTIONABLE - ...
Of Millionaires and Minimum Wagers: Galaxy 2008 Salaries Revealed
By Laurie | April 7th, 2008One of the things that happened while I was gone was the release of the 2008 salaries, courtesy of the MLS Players Union. Daryl covered the MLS top ten over on The Offside's main page last week. For those of you who missed it, here's the link. As ...
Ruiz Out 4-6 Weeks
By jen | April 1st, 2008Carlos Ruiz had surgery today on a torn medial meniscus in his right knee. He is expected to be out 4-6 weeks. I guess that's what I expected, although I was still hoping it was a medial collateral ligament sprain like it was initially reported. ...
Oh Boy
By jen | March 30th, 2008And that's about the tamest title this blog post could have, because what I really want to write is, "What The F*#! Was THAT??!!." First of all, I take back what I said about referee Abbey Okulaja. He is usually a very good referee. But that ...
Check out this Carlos Ruiz Article
By Laurie | March 19th, 2008I'm frantically running around trying to get ready for my flight to London tomorrow, but I wanted to get this up first. It's an Andrea Canales interview with Carlos Ruiz. Yes, Carlos Ruiz. My all-time favorite player. Believe it or not, I am r
Post-Game Thoughts on the Seoul-Galaxy Game
By Laurie | March 2nd, 2008First off. Umm... Penalties?!?! Did anybody else who was watching the game know that we went to penalties after drawing in regulation time? Did they show it on TV? Did they say anything about it? I know my brain is fuzzy at 1:30 in the morning,
Ruiz is Having Knee Problems. Already
By Laurie | January 31st, 2008Okay. So we sign a highly-paid superstar who's going to fix our scoring issues, and within weeks he's got injury problems. Anybody else feeling a nauseating sense of deja vu? This time it's Carlos Ruiz. At this moment it's Guatemala's issue, not t
Carlos Ruiz Cleans Up Real Nice
By Laurie | January 26th, 2008Carlos Ruiz was officially presented as a Galaxy player this week. I have just two things to say: 1) Love the threads, and 2) He cleans up real nice.
Quote of the Day: Alexi Lalas
By Laurie | January 16th, 2008"As far as the salary cap goes, well, there are a lot of creative things you can do to get around that. Without breaking the rules, you understand." -- Alexi Lalas Yes, Alexi. We understand. Oh. Wait. No, we don't. Maybe you could explain it to
Coming to Terms With the Ruiz Deal
By Laurie | January 16th, 2008I spent yesterday evening absorbing your collective wisdom, reflecting on this turn of events as I consoled myself with a lovely Syrah, sipped from my favorite Mickey Mouse wine glass. And I kept coming back to this comment from my brother-in-blog Ch
Okay, I can't breathe.
By Robert | January 16th, 2008The internet went out at my apartment late last night (Time Warner this is an all too frequent an occurrence, fix it now) and instead of me working on getting it up and running I went to sleep; and after a morning meeting and an afternoon trip to the gym
What Does the Ruiz Deal Mean for the Galaxy?
By Laurie | January 15th, 2008What are the stages of grief? Anger, denial, bargaining, depression, acceptance, right? I'm not at "acceptance" yet. (And to make my life even worse, my newly beloved team, the scrappy, bankrupt little Luton Town, are currently getting slaughtered by
Galaxy Buy Effing Carlos Ruiz
By Laurie | January 15th, 2008Excuse me while I finish barfing. Okay. There. It's down to the dry heaves, so I think I can type now. Seems the Galaxy have once again signed my least favorite player in the universe, the sniveling, whining, diving crybaby Carlos Ruiz. (I call
I don't want him representing the USA either
By Robert | October 1st, 2007Ricardo Clark has to got to go. I’ll be honest I didn’t watch this abomination people refer to as a soccer match live. The Cowboys played around the same time (I can’t explain to you the Cowboys in Dallas, maybe picture an N’Sync/Britney Spears
A Terrible, Awful, Horrible Video that Makes Me Smile Every Time
By Laurie | October 1st, 2007I am a horrible person. Let's just get that out up front and get it out of the way, because I know you'll be thinking it by the end of this post. Because, truly, something this horrible should not cause a normal, rational (and yes, even maternal) pers
Kyle Martino a Diver? Surely They Jest!
By Laurie | September 25th, 2007Chivas midfielder and Beckham's all-round favorite person Jesse Marsch has given us a surprisingly well-written blog post on 100 Percent Soccer. The topic? Diving. Seems he's against it. And who does he call out specifically? Carlos Ruiz (FC
Carlos Ruiz chat on ESPN.com
By Robert | September 22nd, 2007I recieved a couple emails recently from people wondering if I could post the ESPN.com chat with Carlos Ruiz from earlier in the week. I meant to have this up earlier but then Carlos Ruiz brought out that hair...I love that hair. Here's the chat, better l
Greatest. Hair. Ever.
By Robert | September 21st, 2007This has to be the greatest hairstyle in MLS history. An off-center, blond faux-hawk, two blond streaks on the left to complement it, there's no way it gets any better than this. Here’s a video interview of Carlos (and coach Steve Morrow) af
A return to form
By Robert | September 21st, 2007There’s no kind way to put this, 2007 has not been Carlos Ruiz’ best year. He’s struggled with form, failed to show up for practice and had his captaincy questioned. And as the pressure to perform grew it seemed as if Carlos Ruiz shrank, but recentl
As the season comes to a close...
By Robert | September 17th, 2007With the Hoops season winding down (six MLS games left) its time to look at the prospects of bringing league silverware to Frisco, TX at the end of the year. FC Dallas has the players and the ability to be champions but there are definitely liabilities th
What the hell, we got Denilson?!?
By Robert | August 24th, 2007Let me first apologize for the mistakes I made the other day, I wrote a piece a couple days early because I was just sure that the Denìlson deal which was supposedly “dead in the water” really was “dead in the water.” I then made the mistake of p
FC Dallas hears more whistles than Jessica Alba at a construction worker's convention
By Robert | July 25th, 2007The sound of a referees whistle plays like the musical accompaniment to any Hoops game. Inevitably it’s because Carlos Ruiz, Pablo Ricchetti or Juan Toja have drawn the referee’s ire for their on field actions. Either Carlos has pushed, shoved or post
This is why we love soccer
By Robert | July 16th, 2007Soccer is a passion built upon the foundation of frustration. You might think you understand that statement but until you follow a team you’ll never begin to appreciate its meaning. Two weeks ago I agonized over a scoreless final with those Dreamsicles.
Give Carlos Ruiz $20,000 and a Vegas penthouse suite, he needs to score.
By Robert | June 26th, 2007I know it may seem odd to post a “preview” (I hate posting true previews because they’re outdated in about 48 hours, maybe I should be like Laurie and just post the game guide) before I “review” the previous game. But I’ve grown tired of havin
Do not trade Carlos Ruiz for Landon Donovan
By Robert | June 23rd, 2007Allow me to vent for a moment before I get into today’s (tonight’s) post. I put out roughly 3500 – 4000 words a week, spread out over 5-7 columns (you can do the math.) Any writer will tell you that’s a very solid output, in fact most of the big n
Welcome back offense?
By Robert | June 20th, 2007I’ll be honest it’s hard to post material after a 4-0 beating. Even though I just became a Hoops fan this season I feel like I have invested a lot emotionally into this team, and a beating like that takes a lot out of you. I admit it, I’m drained. B
TFC 4 Dallas 0: Well, That Was Pretty Much Flawless
By Sam | June 17th, 2007Scorers: TFC- Edu 22' TFC- Dichio 25' TFC- Robinson 65' TFC- Cunningham 90'+2 Analysis: Well, I could wrap up this whole recap in one single word (the word being "ownage"), but I guess it's my duty to develop and tell you exactly how much of an ow
Carlos Ruiz is the most influential player in MLS*
By Robert | June 9th, 2007Before you go and call me all sorts of names (moron and idiot, would be some of the nicer ones) or accuse me of only paying attention to my team, and possibly not even that well. I want you to re-read that title because I chose my words carefully. I didn'
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