PROFILE

GreenNick1.jpg Columnist Nick Green has written 100 Percent Soccer since 2005. A native of England, he began writing about soccer in the mid-1980s and in 2000 permanently exchanged a seat in the stands for one in the press box. He lives six miles from Carson's Home Depot Center, home of the Los Angeles Galaxy, Chivas USA and the training headquarters for U.S. Soccer. Married to a long-suffering soccer widow, he has a cat named Pele.


Subscribe to RSS feed

Recent Comments

Powered by
Movable Type 4.01

« Tigres UANL 1 Galaxy 0 (Half Time) | Main | Result: Chelsea 1 Suwon Bluewings 0 »

Result: Tigres UANL 3 Galaxy 0

The Galaxy did come out in their alternate galactic blue for the second half, but the switch didn't help; they let in two more goals and were pretty comprehensively beaten by the Mexican team.

The Galaxy actually had more threatening attacks than they did in the first half.

Most notably, newly-acquired midfielder Kelly Gray made a surging run from within his own half in the 56th minute that ended with Landon Donovan shooting wide.

Fonseca scored a second in the 72nd minute after Tigres had easily split the Galaxy defense.

Substitute Alejandro Vilalobos notched the third, again after the Galaxy failed to close down the Tigres attackers, allowing them far too much space.

We'll see what Coach Frank Yallop has to say in the post match press conference.

Updated 9 p.m.

It took a grim Yallop 40 minutes to emerge from the locker room where their Galaxy had the second team meeting in four games.

It's probably a stretch to describe what took place as a team meeting; midfielder Kyle Martino observed Yallop did most of the talking and used lots of "verbs and adjectives" in his 15 minute address.

"We're playing with a lack of respect for him and the organization," Martino said.

When Yallop finally arrived he didn't mince words, declaring the first half one of the worst he has seen from a team he has been a part of including the almost 20 years he spent as a player.

"They almost played like they didn't want to make a mistake - scared - like they didn't want to make a commitment," he said. "The big stage is getting to us a bit. ... Some of them hid and some of them didn't want to play."

Striker Alan Gordon, who narrowly missed one of the Galaxy's best chances of the second half, described the game as the "last straw" for Yallop.

"It's hurting him watching us play like this," said Gordon, who was seeing his first action of the season. "He told us we're letting him down."

Gordon said the players are conscious that Yallop's job may be in jeopardy.

"I like him as a coach, as a person," Gordon said. "When I go out there I'm fighting for him, I'm fighting for me and I'm fighting to keep him here."

This sums it : up

Updated: Galaxy beat writer Billy Witz has all the gory details here.

Post a comment

(If you haven't left a comment here before, you may need to be approved by the site owner before your comment will appear. Until then, it won't appear on the entry. Thanks for waiting.)

LINKS

ESSENTIALS
Big Soccer
Live Soccer TV
You Tube MLS
U.S. Soccer
MLS
North American Soccer Reporters Objectivo

UPCOMING
Pan-Pacific Championship
FIFA World Cup 2010
Euro 2008
Women's World Cup

LOS ANGELES
Los Angeles Galaxy
Home Depot Center
Official David Beckham Web site
The David Beckham Academy
Chivas USA
LA Riot Squad
Galaxians
Angel City Brigade
Cal State L.A. Men's Soccer
Cal State L.A. Women's Soccer
USC Women's Soccer
UCLA Men's Soccer
UCLA Women's Soccer

BLOGROLL
LA Galaxy official blog
Sideline Views
Soccer Insider
Soccer by Ives
Du Nord
New York Times Goal
MNT Blog
US Soccer Global
Women's Soccer USA
The WNT blog
David Beckham Fans Online
Croatian Soccer Report
Soccer blogs

SO CAL
American Youth Soccer Organization
Coast Soccer League
Cal South Youth Soccer
O.C. Rangers Supporter's Club
Los Angeles Celtic Supporters Club

SOUTH BAY
LMU Women's Soccer
LMU Men's Soccer
Cal State Dominguez Hills Men's Soccer
Cal State Dominguez Hills Women's Soccer
El Camino College Men's Soccer
El Camino College Women's Soccer
Harbor College men's Soccer
Harbor College Women's Soccer
Official Shannon Boxx Web site
Ajax America Women
Force Soccer Club
South Bay Peninsula Soccer League

VALLEY CENTRIC
Cal State Northridge Men's Soccer
Cal State Northridge Women's Soccer
Pepperdine University Women's Soccer
Pierce College Women's Soccer
College of the Canyon's Men's Soccer
College of the Canyon's Women's Soccer
SFV Quakes
Los Angeles Rampage

LONG BEACH

CSU Long Beach Women's Soccer
Long Beach City College Men's Soccer
Long Beach City College Women's Soccer

OVER HERE
CONCACAF
Women's Premier Soccer League
United Soccer Leagues
Major Indoor Soccer League
National Soccer Hall of Fame and Museum
Chelsea in America
Real Madrid America
United States Adult Soccer Association
Women's Professional Soccer

OVER THERE
FIFA
UEFA
English Premier League
Norwich City FC
English FA
English Football League
Manchester United
Mexican Futbol Federacion


Copyright Notice | Privacy Policy | Information
For more local Southern California news:
Copyright © 2007 Los Angeles Newspaper Group