Rangers FC Beat LA Galaxy in a Snoozer

The Scottish powerhouse, Rangers FC, beat the Los Angeles Galaxy 1-0 last night at the Home Depot Center.

Last night's international friendly with the LA Galaxy taking on Rangers FC appeared exciting during the national anthem (see video below), but it quickly ended up to be a snoozer.

The Ranger FC team was full of divers - not the snorkeling kind either, but the Christiano Ronaldo kind. If you fart they'd fall over. But hey, it worked because the center referee is a Glasgow native and make all of the calls for the visitors.

The Galaxy started their second string (not counting Cobi) and they played like an AYSO team. A bunch of kicking and praying.

Except for the Rangers FC #7 (below), the visitors weren't all that impressive either.

The Galaxy had a few final chances in the second half, like this (video below) corner kick from Santino Quaranta, but even our great Landon Donovan was unable to get the service he needed from the back to make things happen.

The Ranger's goal was a a gimme as our defender Kyle Veris took a swing to clear the ball out, missed it, then allowed the Ranger's forward to boot in right in. Sorry Scotsmen, not that impressed!

Some Footnotes:

I can't seem to understand why Frank Yallop continues to give as much playing time to Nate Jaqua as he does. Nate seems too slow and awkward to be playing forward or for the LAG at all.

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LA Galaxy to play Chelsea FC - July 21st

Clash of the titans - East Coast versus West Coast if you know what I mean, but in this case EPL vs MLS.

I bet many think this game will be a joke and that Chelsea will beat up on the LAG, but we'll see. The hope that this may be the first game where David Beckham plays might make it seem interesting but how much can he contribute to the team during his first appearance?

Beckham isn't a one-man show type of player but rather a team player and play maker. If he can connect with the likes of Donovan and Kirk (even Santino) up front, then it might make for a very interesting game.

No doubt the parking at the HDC will suck. I remember the Real Madrid vs LAG game last year and it was just a mad house. Great game though.

12 Years of Cobi Jones

As a Los Angeles Galaxy season ticket holder, I received a Cobi Jones commemorative calendar in the mail the day before Christmas. This calendar celebrates 12 years of Cobi being on the team!

He’s the only MLS player in history who has been on the same team for that long. Heck, he has been in the MLS since its first season – 12 years ago.

So, on the first of every month, I’ll honor Cobi by placing the photo for the month on this blog with the brief stats and message.

Congratulations CJ

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