Galaxy defense braces for Red Bulls
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The Los Angeles defense has given up a league-high 13 goals and is facing one of MLS' toughest combinations in the New York Red Bulls' Juan Pablo Angel and Jozy Altidore.

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Former Mexico national team star's third goal of the season, an impressive solo effort, highlights Chicago's victory over D.C. United. >>

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With two defenders out and one questionable for Sunday's game, team acquires Carey Talley from Salt Lake. >>

May 4, 2008
GALAXY 2, REAL SALT LAKE 2
His first two-goal game in MLS is good for a tie. >>

May 3, 2008
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Readers take exception to the way the Italian team's past indiscretions in Serie A were portrayed. >>

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The former UCLA standout, the team's longest-serving player in his ninth season, has played only 58 minutes this season, but he knows his time will come and puts the team first. >>

April 29, 2008
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He tells a British reporter that some recent moves, such as plucking a ticket salesman out of the front office to play in a reserve game, have left him shaking his head. >>

April 27, 2008
GALAXY 5, CHIVAS USA 2
The Great One came out to see the Galloping One on Saturday night. >>

April 26, 2008
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Never question the talent or lack thereof in Major League Soccer. It always draws a response, if this week's e-mail is a good indication. >>

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Chivas' Bornstein will have to guard Beckham tonight, and maybe at the next World Cup. >>

April 23, 2008
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Chivas will need to move the ball around well in Saturday's game against the Galaxy. >>

April 22, 2008
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Though the Beijing team is still up in the air, Altidore makes a strong case with a stellar goal for the New York Red Bulls while Barrett's latest flub costs the Chicago Fire. >>

April 20, 2008
GALAXY 2, HOUSTON 2
Donovan scores twice in the second half, both assisted by Beckham, in a 2-2 draw with Houston. >>

April 19, 2008
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The Galaxy player calls his team an MLS giant, and Houston fans are quick to counter. >>

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The three soccer players survived a vehicle breakdown and an INS visit to complete trip to Southern California last month after they defected in Florida. >>

April 14, 2008
Donovan scores twice and Beckham has a good game, but L.A. loses to Toronto FC, 3-2. Coach finds lost chances staggering. >>

April 13, 2008
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First-year Coach Gullit says Americans' focus on statistics isn't relevant to his team, or the sport in general. >>

April 11, 2008
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The Houston goalkeeper is criticized by some readers while others try to give him some defense. >>

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The Galaxy star has been impressed by his former team's march to the European Champions League semifinals. >>

April 10, 2008
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Three of the seven are working out with the team in Carson. >>

April 4, 2008
GALAXY 2, SAN JOSE 0
L.A.'s two standouts get the goals with Lakers' Bryant in attendance at the Home Depot Center for a win over San Jose. >>

April 3, 2008
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San Jose coach has left behind the stress and strain of his days in Los Angeles. >>

April 2, 2008
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Krkic, 17, scores the only goal in Barcelona's victory over Schalke 04 in Tuesday's other European Champions League quarterfinal game. >>

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Striker has surgery for knee injured when he was kicked during Saturday's loss at Colorado. >>

March 30, 2008
COLORADO 4, GALAXY 0
Rapids dominate from start to finish in opener, as L.A. looks like a tired team. >>

March 29, 2008
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Paul Bravo, the team's director of soccer, once played for the Colorado Rapids, L.A.'s first-game opponent in Denver. >>

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The Los Angeles team's hopes circle around the trio, which includes a refreshed Ruiz. >>

March 27, 2008
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The 32-year-old midfielder from the Galaxy starts on the right side and has his moments in 63 minutes, but France comes away with a 1-0 victory. >>

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Bocanegra, Onyewu and Lewis score in exhibition victory. >>

March 26, 2008
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One of the soccer star's stops was as a UNICEF goodwill ambassador in one of the most impoverished parts of Africa. >>

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The MLS franchise, which begins play in two years, is considering three monikers. And two of them just don't seem to work. >>

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Coach Donadoni decides that the record-breaking Juventus striker won't be with team for match against Spain. >>

March 25, 2008
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U.S. national soccer team Coach Bob Bradley selects only three from Major League Soccer to fill out his 18-man roster. The others are from European clubs. >>

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Beckham practices with England's national team in anticipation of perhaps playing in his 100th match with the club. 'It would be one of the biggest honors that I've ever had in my career,' he says. >>

March 23, 2008
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Midfielder could appear in his 100th career game for England against France on Wednesday. >>

March 21, 2008
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He gets the call from England coach to join the national squad for a friendly with France next week in Paris. If he plays, it will be his 100th appearance for his country. >>

March 19, 2008
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Expansion teams in Seattle and Philadelphia, and an anticipated club in St. Louis, have yet to settle on names, and the most popular choices are already at a premium. >>

March 18, 2008
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The 47-year-old legend plays game at La Paz, Bolivia, which is 11,800 feet above sea level, and then assails world soccer leaders' decision, calling it 'ridiculous' and 'disgraceful.' >>

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Chivas is close to a deal to broadcast as many as 10 games live. The Galaxy will move its weekly, "Galaxy Deportivo," to Telemundo. >>

March 17, 2008
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The MLS season is fast approaching and Los Angeles doesn't appear to have much after Beckham, Donovan and Ruiz. >>

Despite a big victory over Haiti, the Tricolores won't be competing in Beijing. >>

March 16, 2008
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Americans' dreary 1-0 win over Honduras has little meaning. >>

March 13, 2008
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They have disappeared from a Florida hotel where the team was staying. >>

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Underdog Canadians score first and defense clamps down in the first round of Olympic men's soccer qualifying for a 1-1 tie. >>

March 12, 2008
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This week in soccer: Five things happening around the world. >>

March 11, 2008
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Midfielder honored after starring on U.S. national and Olympic teams and coach rewarded for his success with the U.S. women's team and his unprecedented 19 NCAA titles at North Carolina. >>

March 10, 2008
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Former UCLA standout Feilhaber and Galaxy defender Randolph are not among the 20 U.S. players on roster for Olympic qualifying. >>

March 9, 2008
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English Premier League powerhouses are defeated by Portsmouth and Barnsley, respectively, by scores of 1-0. >>

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