Saturday's Galaxy match versus New York Red Bulls was the beginning of what will arguably be the toughest part of their schedule this season. The blue-and-gold have embarked on their longest road trip of the year and will not play in the friendly confines of the Home Depot Center until August 21 when the Chicago Fire pay a visit. The timing could not be any worse for the Galaxy. Notoriously bad on the road,......

A Galaxy team eager to change their recent fortunes will take the field tonight at the Home Depot Center against bitter rival Chivas USA. While Chivas USA are starting to come into form, the Galaxy are as unpredictable today as they were when the season started, winning 4 out of 5 matches leading up to their tie against Columbus on June 14, then failing to win in the three games since then, one of......

Almost exactly three years ago, an excited Galaxy team ran onto the field in Texas to celebrate a victory over FC Dallas. The manner in which the team celebrated could have easily lead one to believe they had just won a hard fought championship after many years of shortcomings, or the like. However, it was merely a mid-season regular season victory. Why all the commotion over a regular season victory? Prior to that game,......

Galaxy defender Ante Jazic got things going early for the blue-and-gold against D.C. United, but unfortunately, it got them going in the wrong direction. Jazic fouled D.C. United midfielder Santino Quaranta in the penalty box as Quaranta was making a run towards the Galaxy goal. Referee Jair Marrufo did not hesitate to call the penalty which United forward Jaime Moreno then converted into a goal, all within the first 5 minutes of the game.......

It was a night of familiar storylines at last night's Galaxy game. Weather -- warm, but nice L.A. summer night. Attendance -- 4th sellout of the year. Galaxy offense -- flowing and scoring. Galaxy defense -- erratic. MLS officiating - subpar. The Galaxy jumped out to an early lead when forward Landon Donovan pounced on a loose ball in front of the Columbus Crew goal after Crew goalie William Hesmer bobbled a cross from......

Galaxy midfielder Alvaro Pires scored his first MLS goal in the early minutes as the Galaxy battled the Colorado Rapids for the Western Conference lead in front of a near sellout crowd of 25,129 at the Home Depot Center last night. At the 32nd minute, the blue-and-gold added a second goal when forward Edson Buddle blasted home a shot from the right side of the Colorado penalty box and going into the locker room......

The Galaxy took on Toronto FC -- The Reds -- Saturday afternoon in front of another sold out crowd at BMO Field in Toronto. The Reds came out fighting from the onset, creating their first scoring opportunity within seconds of start. Toronto took the game to a lackluster Galaxy that lacked creativity in the midfield, en route to a 2 - 0 victory. Toronto's victory gave the Canadian side the season series over the......

The Galaxy put on a rare show on the road in a warm and windy Frisco, Texas this afternoon. Coming off a loss to New York last Saturday, the blue-and-gold quickly attempted to assert themselves against FC Dallas. In the 5th minute, midfielders Alvaro Pires and David Beckham combined to find forward Edson Buddle in the Dallas penalty area, but Buddle's shot only served as a warning shot for what would come later and......

The Galaxy pay a visit to Pizza Hut Park in Frisco, Texas to face FC Dallas this Sunday afternoon. The blue-and-gold are trying to rebound from a disappointing loss last Saturday night against New York, and a mid-week encore in Edmonton on Tuesday. On the other side of the field, FC Dallas, or "Hoops", sit one point above LA in the Western Conference standings, but are also coming off a loss last Saturday. The......

The Galaxy took on the visiting Red Bull New York in front of a sold out crowd at The Home Depot Center last night. The home side started out on a furious pace, highlighted by Galaxy forward Alan Gordon putting one into the back of the net only three minutes into the match. However, Gordon was ruled offside and the goal was disallowed. It seemed that the missed opportunity was about to haunt the......

Soccer's version of the classic LA vs. NYC rivalry will be played out this Saturday night at The Home Depot Center in Carson when Red Bull New York pays a visit to the Galaxy. LA comes into this weekend's match riding a three game unbeaten streak, narrowly avoiding a loss in Salt Lake last weekend thanks to an erroneous offside call against the home side. While the tie was a positive, the Galaxy defense......

It was a beautiful night for soccer in Carson last night. The Galaxy and Chivas USA put on a highly entertaining display of soccer that did not disappoint the sell out crowd at The Home Depot Center. The supporters groups and other fans joined in the festivities, rarely allowing a moment to tick by without their presence being heard, making for an electric atmosphere. The first meeting of the year for the clubs began......

Article written by reader Alex Gutierrez Nothing can excite a city like a Derby. A sense of pride, a feeling of place and plenty of passion. The Honda SuperClasico is a feud that has been four years in the making and has become one of the most exciting games to watch in MLS. All the ingredients have been added including competitive clubs, world class stars and passionate fans. The Chivas USA were introduced to......

Arizona Diamondbacks (16-6) defeat LA Dodgers (9-13) 6-4. The good news: the Dodgers scored more than one run. The bad news: the Dodgers still lost. Chad Billingsley (0-4) started off shakily but eventually struck out six of eight consecutive batters. Jeff Kent and Joe Torre were ejected from the game in the top of the ninth for arguing a blown call in the eighth inning when second base umpire Andy Fletcher said Kent was......

I thought it would be fun to dig up an old pic from September 2002 for this week's Galaxy preview. Nice collection of trophies, even though it is missing at least three others: US Open Cup 2005 and MLS Cup 2002, 2005. Soccer is a passionate sport, stirring strong emotions in players and fans alike. Nothing brings these emotions out more than a good derby. Each derby is unique in its own way, usually......

Just two minutes into Saturday's match against the Houston Dynamo, it seemed as though the Galaxy were destined to repeat some of the mistakes from last Sunday or completely dismantle the Dynamo. The Galaxy pieced together a beautiful sequence of one touch passes when the ball found its way to David Beckham on the right flank of the blue-and-gold attack. Beckham quickly found Alan Gordon who then touched it to Edson Buddle. Buddle then......

LA Galaxy tie Houston Dynamo 2-2. This is the first professional soccer match I have attended, and it was a ton of fun. Landon Donavan made a spectacular diving header goal in the 67th minute off of a David Beckham pass that gave me the chills. But blah blah blah. The story of the night was meeting my new boyfriend Abel Xavier (pictured left). He is a defenseman born in Mozambique and has played......

Fear not, fans of Posh and Becks, the high-profile pair are not going to be packing up and heading out of our fair city, as rumors have been circulating. While Los Angeles Galaxy's star midfielder has been passing the ball as part of some MLS off-season training of late, he has not been in talks with the Newcastle United team about a possible signing. The UK's SkySports reports that Beckham "played under [Newcastle's new manager......

#15 Chivas Midfielder Jesse Marsch threw out a hard kick at Beckham's lower regions in response to a slight shove at the 45:00 minute mark of the LA Galaxy Chivas USA rivalry game tonight at the Home Depot Center. The kick came almost from behind Beckham, sending him crashing to the field in what would have been a Galaxy scoring opportunity. Beckham immediately gets up on his feet and exclaims "What the fuck, man?!" Withholding......

David Beckham, super star, savior and second coming, was officially introduced today at the Home Depot Center in Carson. Joining Beckham was his wife, Victoria, 600 members of the media from around the world, five-thousand screaming fans, the Mayors of both Los Angeles and Carson and other soccer people....

Before tomorrow night's MLS match pitting the LA Galaxy against DC United, Mexican rock band Kinky will play a special pre-game set for soccer and music fans. Kinky is five-member band from Monterrey, Mexico. Their song "Solo un Paso" from is the theme for Fox Sports en Español's 2007 MLS broadcasts, with the video featured n the channel's pre-game montage. Here's the video for "Sister Twisted," which features a gaucho with some amazingly rubber-limbed dance......

One year ago today, we wrote this: Not to fear L.A., male erotic dancing is a booming industry. According to Overture (a Yahoo! Company), there were 18,195 searches for “los angeles male stripper,” or any variation thereof, in the month of January 2006. And that doesn’t include Google statistics. Apparently male dancing in Los Angeles takes priority over The Dodgers, jobs, hospitals, attorneys, real estate and regular strippers. If you need one, Bachelorette.com has......

Have you ever wanted to immerse yourself in Soccer Shangri-La? Can't afford a quarter of a billion dollars to play with a European icon? Not even a lengthy vacation in Brazil? OK, we've got a freebie that will kick your weekend into high gear. Time for all you soccer moms to gas up the team bus -- errrr, SUV -- and head to the Soccer Nation Expo this Saturday at the LA Convention Center. Over......

David Beckham's new team apparently doesn't appreciate wannabe soccer stars paying $130 for a tryout and then showing up with Buddah bellies. Alexi Lalas, the Galaxy's president and general manager held open tryouts at the Home Depot Center on Saturday and although he said that the team probably identified a few walk-ons (confirmed later), there were several gentlemen who were... well... fat. What's a little disappointing to me, but not unexpected, is that you......

Lakers 124, Heat 118, OT - Unlike the Golden Globe acceptance speeches, nobody was upset when this went a little long. Boasting a budding rivalry that didn't even need Shaq or Pat Riley, the Lakers survived the Heat in a game featuring plenty of lead changes and ties. Dwayne Wade had a game high 35, but it wasn't enough against a Lakers squad that spread the ball around (seven players scored in double digits).......

Chilly temps and a plane crash in the valley kept yesterday's news busy while Angelenos enjoyed their Friday before a three-day weekend. Some dressed warm for clubbing in Hollywood, others dressed nice for Sting at Disney Hall and we're sure some cuddled under blankets while watching Academy Awards screeners lent to them by their friends. By the way, did anyone notice just a day after David Beckham's announcement, the Daily News website leaderboard ad......

LiLo, Brit, and Paris, move over. There's a new game in town. In a stunning announcement, soccer star David Beckham has agreed to a 5 year, reportedly $250 million deal to sign with the LA Galaxy, effective once his contract with Real Madrid expires at the end of the Primera Liga season in June. The move is not entirely unexpected, given Beckham's loss of standing with both the English national team and with Real.......

Who cares about the Olympic Games or the Dodgers pennant race, when we can talk LA Galaxy soccer! Well, that has to be the talk of LA today, as the Galaxy made a controversial move to fire head coach Sigi Schmid. Guess being in first place wasn't good enough. We here at LAist cannot fathom why the Galaxy would ever fire Schmid. Sure the Galaxy were on a five game winless streak, and lost......