Soccer central? LAFC unveiled images and plans Tuesday for its planned soccer stadium at Exposition Park (Image courtesy LAFC).
For the full story on LAFC’s stadium plans, click here.
MLS beat writer Phil Collin has more on the stadium plans and why they were pushed back to 2018.
Quotable:
“We were awful on the day, said coach Bruce Arena. “I had 14 players that played and I thought about three of them played in an acceptable manner. We were outplayed all over the field. Really, there’s not much you can say.
“Starting two young players in the attack probably didn’t help, but our passing was so poor,” he added. “For us to connect on anything it was dangerous and next to impossible because of the quality of our passing. We had a majority of players that didn’t play well.”
Notable:
“We basically helped create every one of their goals with our poor passing and dispossessing the last half of the field,” Arena said.
I think we’ll leave it at that.
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I will have more from today’s press conference @lasoccerblog on Twitter
With Alex Morgan out injured (see below) looks like U.S. Soccer belatedly switched their ad.
Read more about the USWNT run-up to the World Cup in this week’s 100 Percent Soccer column.
Infographic: See how far the #LAGalaxy have traveled so far in 2015: http://t.co/Yb5gwcKcEd #ORLvLA pic.twitter.com/BB6llHtOBb
— LA Galaxy (@LAGalaxy) May 17, 2015
Final farewell: Steven Gerrard played his final game Saturday at his beloved Anfield before heading to MLS and Southern California (Associated Press Photo).
Emotional scenes at Anfield today: http://t.co/xOjwyPS3dS #ThanksStevie pic.twitter.com/YmPldko6Xc
— LA Galaxy (@LAGalaxy) May 16, 2015
La Carrera de Gerrard en el #Liverpool (vía @SportExtraHD) pic.twitter.com/LR8Vzx7Ec6
— Jorge Ramos & Banda (@ESPN_JorgeRamos) May 16, 2015
Big news on Monday. Follow @LAFC between 11am – 12 noon Pacific. #LAFC pic.twitter.com/hr5ITNJaoH
— LAFC (@LAFC) May 15, 2015
Today’s announcement notification that’s set for 11:15 a.m. Monday (although the exact location is a secret for now):
Los Angeles Football Club will be making a major announcement regarding the Club’s future in Los Angeles. The announcement will feature prominent members from the Club’s ownership including venture capitalist and businessman Henry Nguyen, entertainment mogul Peter Guber, Club President Tom Penn, basketball legend Earvin Magic Johnson, U.S. soccer superstar Mia Hamm Garciaparra, MLB All-Star Nomar Garciaparra, and elected leaders.
Liverpool have created a “digital tribute” to LA Galaxy-bound Gerrard on the club’s website (Photo Courtesy Liverpool FC).
HUGE weekend in the #BPL! Watch every Premier League game live. Here’s the TV schedule – Week 37 http://t.co/IaXBtE4mci #BPLonNBC
— NBC Sports Soccer (@NBCSportsSoccer) May 15, 2015
Now you know what to look out for in #BPL Matchweek 37, here’s when it will all be happening… pic.twitter.com/DRd5xF665c
— Premier League (@premierleague) May 15, 2015
Don’t miss our Relegation Breakaway show on Saturday! #BPLonNBC pic.twitter.com/KPKRuVIL4j
— NBC Sports Soccer (@NBCSportsSoccer) May 15, 2015
Eight strikes from Liverpool’s iconic No 8. Watch Gerrard’s top goals NOW >> http://t.co/iglenTJA9c pic.twitter.com/Xn3hMaSrdB
— The Sun – Football (@TheSunFootball) May 15, 2015
Steven Gerrard says losing his starting job at Liverpool led to MLS move http://t.co/sgqMpu0urD
— NBC Sports Soccer (@NBCSportsSoccer) May 13, 2015
A Google search this morning yielded almost 1,000 hits for articles about Steven Gerrard, one reason why tickets are going for big prices in England this week for his final game at storied Anfield.
Here’s a sampling:
Read more about the weekend’s EPL games here.
Make no mistake — they are one of the favorites. There’s a healthy mix of young legs and experience. But the U.S. hasn’t won the tournament this century. Will this version be different?
Read more in this week’s 100 Percent Soccer column.