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.Final Result: Galaxy-Toronto
This was one of those games that wasn't as good as the 3-2 score suggests.
And the 20,426 allegedly in attendance let the Galaxy know about their insipid performance, boos cascading down from the stands at game's end.
The Galaxy did indeed pay the price for squandering chances, with Toronto's Jeff Cunningham scoring an 88th minute-winner, turning a hapless Greg Vanney around 180 degrees to rifle it home. Hopefully Ely Allen, who missed a golden opportunity three minutes from time when he took an unnecessary second touch a couple of yards from goal and had the ball poked off his foot, will take note.
The Galaxy were forced to play catch-up for much of the half, Toronto's New Zealand striker Jarrod Smith collecting his first MLS goal in the 53rd minute, when Steve Cronin could only parry a bullet of a free kick from Fontana's Maurice Edu. Vanney, continuing to show his age, had given away the free kick, incidentally.
The Galaxy evened the game when Toronto's Marco Velez handled in the box in the 57th minute and Landon Donovan scored from the resulting penalty kick.
More after the press conference.
Comments
Vanney = VAN (ney)
Have a COOL day and thanks for your summaries and stuff nonetheless.
Posted by: Ben | April 13, 2008 3:57 PM