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CARSON -- The Galaxy couldn't have felt much better about things as the clock hit 75 minutes Wednesday night: Their best performance of the season had been rewarded with a two-goal lead, and although they were down to 10 men, they were in control. Ho...

CARSON -- The Galaxy and Chivas USA renew their SuperClasico rivalry Saturday night at Home Depot Center, so what better time to weigh in on the best rivalries in soccer -- in MLS and around the world. We asked a handful of players and coaches wit...

The Galaxy offered a nice-sized view of what's been going wrong all year and a little of bit of where they want to be, and as bad as they began Saturday's visit to Montreal, they looked very good by the finish. David Beckham scored on a second-hal...

CARSON -- The Galaxy lost five games all of the 2011 Major League Soccer season, and two of those were giveaways, with B sides sent in to absorb defeat in New York at the end of a insane stretch in early October and in the season finale at Houston a ...

No David Beckham. No Robbie Keane. No Todd Dunivant. No Josh Saunders. Two more starters on the bench. Only two first-team players in their favored spots. Galaxy coach Bruce Arena sure did rotate his lineup for Wednesday night's Major League Socce...

The best team in Major League Soccer since the start of the 2009 season is the Galaxy. No. 2 is Seattle. They're consistently the best teams on the field -- they finished 1-2 in the Supporters' Shield standings last year -- and the organization set t...

The Galaxy got the battle it expected in Saturday's Major League Soccer clash at Colorado -- more so once the Denver altitude had sapped their strength -- and everything it needed for success: expert defending (for the third straight game, too), clin...

The Galaxy scored two first-half goals, took charge defensively after Colorado's speed nearly burned them early on, and overcame altitude's impact on their tiring legs to post back-to-back victories for the first time since winning MLS Cup last seaso...

Could it possibly just be that the Galaxy isn't very good? It's something worthy of consideration following their latest defeat, a 1-0 decision Saturday afternoon to a vastly superior Sporting Kansas City side, in which L.A.'s vaunted attack -- mi...

CARSON -- Landon Donovan returned to training this week. David Beckham missed Thursday morning's session. Both are dealing with injuries that could keep them from playing in this weekend's showdown at Sporting Kansas City. Donovan hopes to return ...

CARSON -- Landon Donovan missed training again Thursday, and Galaxy head coach Bruce Arena acknowledged afterward his captain could miss this weekend's game against New England because of a quadriceps strain. Donovan also skipped sessions Monday a...

CARSON -- Michael Stephens is expected to be back on the training field Thursday with the Galaxy, and his teammates know it's not where he wants to be. Stephens was a late substitute in the United States' devastating defeat in an Olympic qualifier...

CARSON -- Only one alum of an NCAA Final Four school on the Galaxy roster, and he hasn't been talking any smack in the locker room. We asked midfielder Mike Magee what he'd heard from Louisville grad Kenney Walker. "Kenney? No, why?" Magee replied. ...

CARSON -- Bruce Arena stuck with his first-choice lineup, or most of it, for a fourth game Sunday, and for awhile things looked a whole lot like they had for the first three: dominance, lots of chances, not nearly enough sharpness in front of the net...

CARSON -- The Galaxy's unexpected exit Wednesday night from the CONCACAF Champions League exposed, or perhaps confirmed, weaknesses at the back while illustrating that it's not how many chances are created but rather what is done with them. L.A. d...

CARSON -- An own goal started the Galaxy's downfall in their Major League Soccer opener last weekend. Another gave them life in the CONCACAF Champions League. Ultimately, it wasn't enough, as L.A. sputtered out of the regional club championship We...