Galaxy 1, Red Bulls 2

LA Galaxy 1, New York Red Bulls 2
May 10, 2008
The Home Depot Center – Carson, Calif.

Scoring Summary:
NY – Danleigh Broman 1 (Unassisted) 21’
LA – Alan Gordon 3 (Mike Randolph 1, Greg Vanney 2) 77’
NY – Juan Pablo Angel 1 (Dane Richards 1) 78’

Misconduct Summary:
LA – Sean Franklin (Yellow Card) 22’
LA – Brandon McDonald (Yellow Card) 32’
NY – Dave van den Bergh (Yellow Card) 39’
LA – David Beckham (Yellow Card) 67’
NY – Kevin Goldtwhaite (Yellow Card) 75’

Lineups:
LA Galaxy: Steve Cronin, Greg Vanney, Troy Roberts, Sean Franklin, Chris Klein, Brandon McDonald, Joe Franchino (Bryan Jordan 83’), Mike Randolph, David Beckham©, Landon Donovan, Alan Gordon.

Subs Not Used: Josh Wicks, Julian Valentin, Michael Gavin, Abel Xavier, Josh Tudela, Israel Sesay.

New York Red Bulls: Jon Conway, Hunter Freeman, Jeff Parke, Kevin Goldthwaite, Dave van den Bergh, Luke Sassano, Danleigh Borman (Carlos Mendes 58’), Dane Richards (John Wolyniec 82’), Mike Magee (Chris Leitch 90’), Jozy Altidore, Juan Pablo Angel©.

Subs Not Used: Zach Thornton, John Gilkerson, Chris Megaloudis, Sinisa Ubiparipovic.

Notes:
· With the loss, the Galaxy’s record stands at 2-3-2 on the season, giving them eight points and leaving them tied for third place in the Western Conference standings.
· Galaxy forward Bryan Jordan made his MLS debut in the 83rd minute, coming on for Joe Franchino.
· Chris Klein made the 92nd consecutive start of his MLS career, leaving him within one game of tying Kevin Hartman’s MLS record of 93 consecutive starts that he put together from August 21, 2002 until September 10, 2005.
· With the loss, the Galaxy are now 0-2-0 against the MLS Eastern Conference, compared to 2-1-2 against the West.
· The attendance for tonight’s game was 27,000. It is the second consecutive home sellout for the Galaxy.
· On Monday the Galaxy will fly to Edmonton, Alberta Canada where they will play a friendly against the Vancouver Whitecaps on Tuesday, May 13. That game will kick off at 6 p.m. (PT) and be aired on KWHY Channel-22.
· The Galaxy are back in action in MLS play on Sunday, May 18 when they host the New York Red Bulls at The Home Depot Center. The match will kick off at 7:30 p.m. and can be seen live on FSN West.

Rollin' With Rogondino - New York

You've seen This Week Inside the Galaxy and now read what analyst Mark Rogondino has to say by reading the latest installment of Rollin' with Rogondino.

Check it out here.

Galaxy Rios U-20's Start Season on Sunday

The Galaxy Rios Under-20 team will kick off their inaugural season on Sunday evening when they take on the Ventura County Fusion at 5 p.m. The match will be played at Ventura College (4667 Telegraph Road, Ventura, CA) and we're still waiting to hear if there is a cost for tickets.

Here's the press release announcing the match, as well as giving the U-20's entire schedule for the season.

We'll have more for you about the U-20s as the season goes on.

These aren't the U-20s, but hopefully we'll have as much success as they have.

This is the LA Galaxy of the Birmingham-Bloomfield Soccer Club in Michigan, who are undefeated in 25 games and clearly having a good time in the process.

This Week Inside the Galaxy - Episode Three

Sean Franklin Speaks

The Galaxy's rookie defender spoke to the media today so let's listen in a bit to what he had to say as he prepares for the Red Bulls.

Look Mom, We Have Audio Now

It's taken a while, but we now have the capability of hosting audio interviews on the blog. Check it out with some audio from last weekend.

Chris Klein

Landon Donovan

Looking Back at RSL

Our video crew was in Salt Lake this weekend for the game, so here's a look back at the match as they saw it.