Tuesday's Column: May This Galaxy Rest in Pieces
The two charts above show the Galaxy's record in the Sigi Schmid (bottom) and post Sigi Schmid era in comparison with other MLS teams that played all those seasons (I excluded expansion teams and used the old Earthquakes' final season combined with the Dynamo's record since it was essentially the same team with a new name slapped on in the upper chart).
Graphic evidence of the Galaxy's decline since Schmid left.
And thanks to KLF for technical assistance with the spreadsheet.
Clarification: The Galaxy "elevated Doug Hamilton to president and general manager" Jan. 1, 2004; he was, of course, appointed vice president and general manager Jan. 14, 2002. So he had been eight months on the job as president when he fired Sigi.
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Sportswriter Nick Green has written the 100 Percent Soccer column since 2005 for the Daily News, Daily Breeze and other Los Angeles area newspapers. The blog of the same name began in 2007. 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 and is married to a long-suffering soccer widow. Join Nick on FaceBook and follow him on Twitter.
Before the season, I made five predictions:
1. The Galaxy would finish last in the West
2. The Galaxy would not win 10 games
3. The Galaxy would concede at least 60 goals
4. Gullit would resign before midseason
5. Xavier would be gone before the end of the season
Right now, I'm 4-for-5, with the fifth close to becoming reality.