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Former Galaxy striker Alan Gordon of Long Beach rose for a late, trademark header Tuesday as the San Jose Earthquakes tied Mexico’s Toluca in the first leg of their CONCACAF Champions League quarterfinal.

That was San Jose’s first competitive game of 2014 and now the Galaxy will face Mexican opposition  — Club Tijuana — in just their second game of the season.

Can you imagine if major European clubs such as Barcelona and Manchester City — who meet at 12:30 p.m. today in their UEFA Champions League round of 16 clash on Fox Sports 1 — were asked to do the same thing?

For more, read this week’s column and see what passes for trash talking in CONCACAF here.