Articles tagged with "preparing-for-2008"
Joey Franchino?!? Huh..Wha...?
By Laurie | April 18th, 2008I keep thinking that someday the Galaxy will make a trade that makes sense. I'm still waiting. Soccer by Ives is saying Joey Franchino may ...
I Just Watched the San Jose Game!
By Laurie | April 9th, 2008I realized today that the San Jose game is in the ESPN360.com archives, at least for the moment, so I was actually able to watch ...
Galaxy Lose to Hong Kong Union on PKs
By jen | March 9th, 2008Some post-game thoughts on the Galaxy vs. Hong Kong Union match. I'm liking the rookies. Ely Allen and Sean Franklin especially impressed me in this ...
No News Is Good News
By jen | March 8th, 2008I think. I've been reading up on tonight's match against Hong Kong Union. There is, surprisingly, not much news. So here are two tiny pregame tidbits: *Beckham's ...
Waive Bye-Bye: Martino, Gray, Babayaro
By Laurie | March 4th, 2008The waiver news is in. Out the door to help the Galaxy make the salary cap: Kyle Martino, Kelly Gray and Celestine Babayaro. ...
Still Waiting on Cap Deadline Moves
By Laurie | March 3rd, 2008Today is salary cap compliance deadline day -- the day when we have to dump enough players to get under the cap. As we've ...
Harmse is Outta Here
By Laurie | February 29th, 2008As a lot of people have been predicting for the past few months, Kevin Harmse is heading out of LA and into Toronto FC. ...
Now About Those Galaxy Boys Who Didn't Go to Asia...
By Laurie | February 28th, 2008From US SoccerPlayers.com: LA GALAXY ASIA TOUR 2008 ROSTER GOALKEEPERS (2): Steve Cronin, Josh Wicks DEFENDERS (9): Celestine Babayaro, Sean Franklin, Michael Gavin, Ante Jazic, Mike Randolph, ...
Alamo's Developmental Contract Protects My Maternal Area
By Laurie | February 27th, 2008We all know my thoughts on supplemental draft picks and trialists by now, right? In a nutshell, for any newcomers: Supplemental draft picks and trialists ...
More Galaxy Keeper Thoughts
By Laurie | February 24th, 2008I stayed up and watched the first half of the game on ESPN Classic, so I did eventually get some of the commentary. (I ...
Some Charles Alamo Videos
By Laurie | February 18th, 2008Reader January emailed me today to point me towards a couple of YouTube videos of our new aspiring Galaxy goalkeeper, Charles Alamo. One soccer ...
Charles Alamo Says the Galaxy is "Surreal"
By Laurie | February 16th, 2008If you haven't stopped by the official, snark-free Galaxy blog lately, you absolutely need to go in and read this interview with goalkeeper-on-trial Charles Alamo. ...
Galaxy, Gullit and that Fitness Thing
By Laurie | February 16th, 2008Articles all over the place on the Ruud's attempts to get our guys really, really fit. Two-a-days, with healthy meals provided. This is ...
Vanney In, Kirk Out for the Galaxy
By Laurie | February 15th, 2008Anybody ever catch reruns of the old, original "Star Trek" series? (It's one of my husband's favorite shows, so I've seen all the ...
Ty Harden's Leaving Soccer!?!
By Laurie | February 15th, 2008This one breaks my heart. After just one year, Ty Harden (who, in case you've forgotten, came from my grad school alma mater, University ...
A few Galaxy Roster Updates
By Laurie | February 15th, 2008Draft picks Sean Franklin, Julian Valentin and Ely Allen have all officially signed with the team. And chances are that at least one of ...
An Official Reason for the Galaxy to be in the Pan-Pacific Tournament
By Laurie | February 11th, 2008I knew if we waited long enough the powers-that-be would come up with a reason that the Galaxy are playing in that Pan-Pacific tournament later ...
Galaxy Lose Another Keeper: Draft Pick Matt Allen Heads to Norway
By Laurie | February 2nd, 2008Whoa. Deja vu all over again. Last year we lost goalkeeper draft pick Tally Hall to the greener pastures of Denmark. This year ...
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) ...
Meet the Galaxy's Picks from the Supplemental Draft
By Laurie | January 25th, 2008Here are our newest Galaxy guys. Rd. 1 4 Los Angeles Galaxy Michael Gavin D Portland Rd. 2 4 Los Angeles Galaxy Charles Alamo ...
Is Celestine Babayaro Headed Our Way?
By Laurie | January 21st, 2008This rumor actually comes from a pretty legitimate source -- Times Online of London -- so I'm inclined to believe it has credibility. It ...
The Galaxy's New Acquisitions
By Laurie | January 18th, 2008I'll do a lot more on our new boys in the coming days, but for now I'll give you their names: Sean Franklin, DM Ely Allen, F Julian ...
Let's Talk Galaxy Superdraft
By Laurie | January 18th, 2008Okay, let's talk talk SuperDraft. If you're interested, it will be shown live on ESPN2 and MLSnet.com starting at 11:00 PST. If you just want ...
A Tale of Two Headlines
By Laurie | January 17th, 2008The headline on my RSS Reader read: Galaxy add FC Dallas Star Ruiz to Potent Offense But when you go to the actual article you get: ...
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 ...
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, ...
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 ...
More about the Cannon Deal
By Laurie | January 12th, 2008Billy Witz at LA Daily News has an interesting article that's mostly on the Cannon deal. I say mostly, because it also includes this ...
And Ante Jazic Bites the Dust for 4-6 Months
By Laurie | January 12th, 2008Speaking of walking wounded (which was, of course, what we were speaking of. Or maybe in this case it should be "hobbling wounded. ...
What's Simple About a "Simple Hernia Operation"?
By Laurie | January 12th, 2008Okay, gents. Perhaps one of you can give me the definition of "simple" hernia operation, which is the surgery recently undergone by Troy Roberts ...
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