The folks at the Major League Soccer talk blog decided to scrape the bottom of the barrel this week and interviewed yours truly for inclusion on their season preview podcast.

Meanwhile, reporter Phil Collin wisely kept his mouth shut and his laptop open for today’s Galaxy preview.

Here’s more on the special guest the Galaxy had visit them at training Wednesday.

Finally, Galaxy Coach Bruce Arena appears on an on-line chat at 12:30 p.m. on ESPNLosAngeles.com

I’ll be back a little later today with more on tonight’s Chivas USA season opener.