Ready For The Rapids

Kickoff is almost upon us here at Dick's Sporting Goods Park in Commerce City, Colo. , where the LA Galaxy are taking on the Colorado Rapids.

Galaxy Head Coach Bruce Arena is making no changes to the team that beat the Philadelphia Union, 3-1, at The Home Depot Center last weekend. In that game, A.J. DeLaGarza scored his first goal of the season and Edson Buddle had an assist and scored two goals to bring his season total up to nine.

Here is the complete Galaxy lineup...
----------------Gordon-----------Buddle-----------------

Donovan----------------Juninho-----------------Stephens

-------------------------Birchall---------------------------

Dunivant-------Berhalter-------Gonzalez-------DeLaGarza

-------------------------Ricketts---------------------------

Subs: Saunders, Alex Cazumba, Klein, Jordan, Kirovski, Mathis, Bowen.

And here is how the Rapids lineup...

----------------Cummings-----------Casey-----------------

Thompson-----------------------------------------Ballouchy

---------------Larentowicz--------Mastroeni--------------

Earls--------------Wynne-------------Baudet-----------Moor

-------------------------Pickens--------------------------

Subs: Joyce, Amarikwa, LaBauex, Lopez, Palguta.

Colorado's Kosuke Kimura was a late scratch from the lineup as he was forced to be removed during pregame warmups. He was replaced in the lineup by Danny Earls.