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DOWNEY -- The battle to determine the nation's top girls' soccer team lived up to its billing and, in the end, it was Aliso Niguel beating Los Osos of Rancho Cucamonga, 3-2, Saturday afternoon in the Southern California Regionals Girls Division I cha...

POMONA -- The bull's eye that surrounds the Pico Rivera El Rancho boys' soccer team is immense. Players know it exists, and coach Dominic Picon is more than fully aware that, with every victory, the target expands. The defending CIF-Southern Secti...

CARSON -- Adam Cristman, like the rest of his teammates, was utterly elated when Landon Donovan put away the MLS Cup-winning goal Sunday night to give the Los Angeles Galaxy their third league championship. Yet Cristman -- perhaps even more than t...

L.A. Galaxy players Mike Magee, Josh Saunders, Landon Donovan and Omar Gonzalez react from the locker room after winning the 2011 MLS Cup. Magee spoke about the unforgettable season and the pressure to produce, Saunders talked about avenging the 2009...

UCLA's Chandler Hoffman, who leads the Bruins' men's soccer team with 15 goals, looks to take them to the College Cup in his home state.

LOS ANGELES -- Galaxy midfielder Juninho was thankful in defeat Saturday night, citing the experience gained in playing against one of the world's top clubs. Perhaps giddy is a better description. Juninho grinned from ear to ear when asked whom he...

LOS ANGELES -- He danced to the right and swayed to the left. His feet fluttered. Again to the left and, finally, Cristiano Ronaldo was ready to unleash a left-footed rocket that's nowhere to be found in American soccer. Galaxy backup goalkeeper B...

LOS ANGELES -- The talk heading into Saturday night's exhibition match between the Galaxy and Real Madrid centered on its value. Facing a big-name club with some of the world's premier players and getting foreign exposure was most important, Galaxy p...

LOS ANGELES -- Kaka played a sharp, serene through ball and Jose Callejon viciously put it away, drawing synchronized chants of "Ma-drid, Ma-drid!" and swarms of bright flashes across the Memorial Coliseum. Real Madrid, even without stars Cristian...

LOS ANGELES -- Judging by the sparse pregame crowd, the closure of Interstate 405 -- notoriously pegged as "Carmageddon" -- might have had an effect on the turnout at the Memorial Coliseum for Saturday night's exhibition match between the Galaxy and ...

CARSON -- Galaxy players won't lose much sleep if they fall to Real Madrid in Saturday night's highly-anticipated match at the Memorial Coliseum -- at least that's the impression they gave following their final tune-up Friday. The re...

Askia Booker, L.A. Price, Sr. Don't blame Los Angeles Price's two-point loss to Mater Dei on Booker, the Colorado-bound guard who scored a team-high 22 points and kept the Knights in it against the Nike Extravaganza hosts. Booker added five assists;...

1. As far as south Los Angeles County boys' basketball teams are concerned, Saturday's showcase event at Mater Dei was not named the Nike Extravaganza. It was more like the "Nike Extermination." Fairfax continued its downward spiral, losing to Rialto...

Minutes felt like hours for Michael Stephens on Thursday. The former UCLA and U.S. Under-20 national team midfielder had an inkling on where he was going, but he wasn't so sure. Tick, tock. Tick, tock. "Even as an insider, you don't really k...