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Galaxy opens season March 6 at home against Chicago Fire
On the same day the Galaxy announced the signing of Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard, the club said Wednesday it would open its 2015 season March 6 against Chicago. The Galaxy will play the Fire at the Galaxy's home venue, StubHub Center in Carson, to start its 20th season in Major League Soccer. Earlier in the day, the Galaxy -- fresh from winning a record fifth MLS championship -- confirmed signing Gerrard, 34, one of the leading players in the English Premier League. The midfielder will join the team in July after finishing the EPL season. The Galaxy's 34-game MLS season will include matches against the league's two new expansion teams. The Galaxy will travel to...
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Galaxy opens season March 6 at home against Chicago Fire
On the same day the Galaxy announced the signing of Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard, the club said Wednesday it would open its 2015 season March 6 against Chicago.
The Galaxy will play the Fire at the Galaxy's home venue, StubHub Center in Carson, to...
Galaxy's Oscar Sorto, Gyasi Zardes called up to national team
Coach Juergen Klinsmann has called up a primarily young and domestically based roster for the U.S. national soccer team's first training camp of the new year, which is set to begin Monday at StubHub Center.
Nineteen of the 28 players summoned are less...
It was another banner year in 2014 for Germany and the Galaxy
Soccer, 2014 in review
The highs
•Germany wins fourth World Cup. Just before sending him on to the field late in July's World Cup final with Lionel Messi and Argentina, German Coach Joachim Loew called substitute Mario Goetze aside, wrapped an arm...
Landon Donovan, Robbie Keane and Omar Gonzalez named to MLS' Best XI
Three Galaxy players - midfielder Landon Donovan, forward Robbie Keane and defender Omar Gonzalez -- were among those named to the MLS Best XI, Major League Soccer's top 11 players this season, the league said Tuesday.
It was a record seventh time that...
Galaxy's A.J. DeLaGarza is a model of strength, on and off the field
Soccer is a little less important to A.J. DeLaGarza than it was just three months ago.
Back then, there were seasons and games and even individual plays that felt like life or death to the Galaxy defender. Then he got to know death and soccer became just...
For Galaxy's Robbie Keane, it's been grueling journey to MVP honors
Robbie Keane didn't have to go far to pick up Major League Soccer's most-valuable-player award Wednesday.
"We took the elevator down to the lobby, then took another elevator up here," explained Keane's wife, Claudine, who accompanied her...
New England's Lee Nguyen emerges as key player to watch in MLS Cup final
The irony doesn't escape Lee Nguyen. More than four decades after his parents fled war-torn Vietnam for a new life in the U.S., their son had to return there to find his own way.
"You've got yourself a great movie," Nguyen says with a laugh....
For the Galaxy, history and a championship are on the line
For Landon Donovan, the time for talking has passed.
So when the Galaxy midfielder was asked for the umpteenth time Friday whether there was a chance he would rethink his retirement plans, Donovan simply smiled and shook his head no.
And for his...
Galaxy bids Landon Donovan farewell with a record sixth MLS Cup title
Robbie Keane was Major League Soccer's MVP this season. And the Galaxy striker proved invaluable again Sunday with his goal in the second overtime to give his team a 2-1 win over the New England Revolution and a record fifth MLS Cup title.
That score...
Robbie Keane delivers in Galaxy's title-clinching victory
For the last decade, the Galaxy has been Landon Donovan's team. And it has been a successful relationship, with the Galaxy winning four Major League Soccer titles under his leadership.
But Sunday, late in overtime in the final game of Donovan's...
Galaxy's Landon Donovan ends his stellar career with a sixth MLS title
America's greatest soccer player finally stopped running Sunday. Landon Donovan dug his cleats into the StubHub Center field, thrust his arms into the air and stood motionless while his swirling career ended in a championship.
"Pure joy,'' he said....
In Monday's Pictures in the News, firefighters spray water on hot spots after a massive fire in downtown Los Angeles early Monday engulfed an apartment tower under construction, damaged two other buildings and left freeways and roads closed. Carson: Galaxy pla
Each week, we bring you the best in visual journalism. The powerful storm that hit Southern California on Friday caused mudslides that left 10 homes uninhabitable, led to the rescue of two people from the rain-swollen Los Angeles River, felled trees and knocke
The Galaxy's Major League Soccer-record five titles: a recap
GALAXY'S MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER TITLES
A look back at the team's league-record five championships:
2002 — Galaxy 1, New England Revolution 0
After losing their three previous appearances in the MLS Cup, the Galaxy reached the final amid a breakout rookie...
Galaxy's Robbie Keane has become one of the biggest stars in MLS
At Robbie Keane's first news conference as a Galaxy player in mid-2011, the Irish striker sat next to the team's other two stars, David Beckham and Landon Donovan.
Beckham and Donovan are now retired, leaving Keane as the Galaxy's preeminent player....
The legacy of Landon Donovan
If Magic Johnson and Larry Bird came along at the right time to save the NBA with their skills and transcendent personalities, if Wayne Gretzky appeared to become the relatable face the NHL lacked and trigger a warm-weather hockey boom, Landon Donovan has...
Klinsmann works around MLS playoffs with national team call-ups
With FIFA's international break falling directly in the middle of the Major League Soccer playoffs, U.S. national team Coach Juergen Klinsmann largely steered clear of postseason participants when selecting the 25 players for U.S. national team friendlies...
Galaxy goalkeeper Jaime Penedo primes his game for MLS playoffs
When the Galaxy signed Jaime Penedo 16 months ago, they knew they were getting a gem of a goalkeeper. Just maybe not the perfect gem.
"I was a diamond in the rough," Penedo acknowledges now. "And a diamond in the rough has to be...
Four Galaxy players are finalists for MLS awards
The Galaxy still has a lot of work to do if it hopes to win a record fifth Major League Soccer championship. But the team's performance during the regular season is already being rewarded, with four players nominated Thursday for postseason awards.
...
New England Revolution wins first leg of Eastern Conference finals, 2-1
HARRISON, N.J. — Jermaine Jones finished a counterattack the 85th minute with a tap-in and gave the New England Revolution a 2-1 victory Sunday over the New York Red Bulls in the first leg of the MLS Eastern Conference finals.
The result gives the...
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