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Saturday, April 10, 2010
Robertson Stadium — Houston, TX.
Scoring Summary:
LA – Edson Buddle 4 27’
LA – Edson Buddle 5 (Sean Franklin 2) 45’
Misconduct Summary:
HOU – Andrew Hainault (Yellow Card) 24’
LA – Omar Gonzalez (Yellow Card) 25’
LA – Juninho (Yellow Card) 38’
HOU – Luis Landin (Red Card) 44’
LA – Edson Buddle (Yellow Card) 52’
HOU – Brad Davis (Yellow Card) 67’
Lineups:
LA Galaxy: Donovan Ricketts; Todd Dunivant, Leonardo, Omar Gonzalez, A.J. DeLaGarza; Mike Magee, Chris Birchall (Jovan Kirovski 83’), Juninho (Michael Stephens 80’), Sean Franklin; Landon Donovan©, Edson Buddle (Alan Gordon 67’).
Subs Not Used: Josh Saunders, Bryan Jordan, Chris Klein, Tristan Bowen.
Houston Dynamo: Pat Onstad, Andrew Hainault, Bobby Boswell (Corey Ashe 46’), Eddie Robinson, Mike Chabala, Brian Mullan, Geoff Cameron, Richard Mulrooney (Lovel Palmer 28’), Brad Davis, Dominic Oduro (Danny Cruz 75’), Luis Landin.
Subs Not Used: Tally Hall, Ryan Cochrane, Adrian Serioux, Craig Waibel.
Notes:
• With the win, the Galaxy are now 3-0-0 on the season, giving them nine points. They are now alone in first place in the Western Conference, five points ahead of Houston, Colorado, Real Salt Lake and Seattle Sounders FC. The Rapids lost to Kansas City 1-0 while Salt Lake and Seaatle played to a 2-2 draw on Saturday night as well.
• Bruce Arena made two changes to the team that defeated Chivas USA last week. Mike Magee started on the left side of midfield in place of the injured Alex Cazumba and A.J. DeLaGarza replaced Dema Kovalenko, who was a late scratch to the starting lineup. DeLaGarza started at right back while Sean Franklin moved up from right back to right midfield.
• In addition to Cazumba and Kovalenko, the Galaxy were also without Gregg Berhalter, Eddie Lewis and Clint Mathis because of injury.
• Alan Gordon and Jovan Kirovski both made their 2010 debuts. Gordon replaced Edson Buddle in the 67th minute while Kirovski came on in the 83rd minute for Chris Birchall. Gordon and Kirovski missed the first two games of the season with a left knee bruise and a left knee sprain, respectively.
• Edson Buddle’s goal in the 45th minute was his 30th in a Galaxy uniform and moved him into a tie for fifth place on the club’s all-time scoring list with forward Eduard Hurtado. After Hurtado, midfielder Mauricio Cienfuegos ranks fourth on the list with 35, followed by forward Carlos Ruiz with 51 and forward Landon Donovan with 64. Current Assistant Coach and former midfielder Cobi Jones is the Galaxy’s all-time scoring leader with 70 goals.
• Buddle is first Galaxy player to score in each of the first three games of the season since Carlos Ruiz did so in 2004. Ruiz holds the Galaxy record for the most consecutive games with a goal to open a season with four. He scored in each of the first four games of 2002 and 2004.
• Buddle is now the MLS leader in goals scored this season with five, two ahead of Real Salt Lake’s Javier Morales.
• When Buddle scores, the Galaxy’s record is 14-5-5.
• Donovan Ricketts did not need to make a save to earn his third clean sheet of the season.
• Ricketts now has 12 clean sheets in 29 career regular season games with the Galaxy.
• The Galaxy kept a clean sheet for the third consecutive game. With their third consecutive shutout to start the 2010 season, the Galaxy become just third team in MLS history to start the season with three shutouts. The other two teams were the Dallas Burn in 1999 and Seattle Sounders FC in 2009. The 2007 New York Red Bulls, who were coached by Bruce Arena, hold the record for most consecutive shutouts to start the season with four.
• Sean Franklin assisted on both of Buddle's goals in the game. Franklin now has three assists on the season, setting a new career high for most assists in one season.
• LA is now 3-0-0 for the first time since the 1998 season, when the club rattled off nine wins to begin the campaign. The club’s longest winning streak to start a season is 12, set during the inaugural season of 1996. However, both win streaks included shootout wins.
• The attendance for today’s game was 16,459.
• The Galaxy are back in action next Saturday night when they host Real Salt Lake at The Home Depot Center in a rematch of last year’s MLS Cup. The game kicks off at 7:30 p.m. (PT) and can be seen live nationally on FSC. KLAC AM 570 and ESPN Deportes Radio 1330 AM will broadcast the game live on the radio in English and Spanish, respectively.
• For more about today’s game, please visit www.lagalaxy.com.
2 comments:
Pure awesomeness! This season is looking really bright! :)
Great job by our LAG players to get this ROAD / AWAY win! WOW!!! Our LAG players played with such competitiveness and physicality. It looked rough out there - which lead to Luis Landin to get frustrated, and do something dumb. So, Houston going down to 10 men definitely helped us. I think I was more proud of Landon's ability to hover, to play different spots and roles, and draw away their defensive shape. A true leader on the field. Thanks, Landon! Edson - well, many of us doubted your contribution at this point (me included)... Thanks, for shutting us up! Continue the awesome confidence and shot-taking ability you're on! Thanks for the two goals! Sweet! As a whole, the team did their collective duties to get us the shut-out and the 3 points! ROCK ON!
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