Hitchhiker's Guide to the L.A. Galaxy

Welcome back everyone! This is only the second edition of Hitchhikers Guide to the @lagalaxy and I’m already a couple days late. Still, can you blame me? My Birthday was on Friday and I was sick at home with a cold and by the way the Galaxy have been playing you don’t exactly wake up with the urge to blog. Anyway, as loyal Galaxy fans we have to take the good with the bad. OK, lets get to the tweets.




@llovelylleslie: “Woooooo! RT @LAGalaxy Landon Donovan knocks in the PK for his 100th #MLS goal! #LAGalaxy”

@JMoNGE: “Video of @LAGalaxy's @LandonDonovan's 100th MLS Goal taken from Section 121 - http://bit.ly/bKNfO7 - #MLS”



That’s right! Landon Donovan finally scored #100! He’s the 6th player in MLS history to do so. He also scored #101 in the same game, both off penalty kicks in comeback effort that fell short in Sunday afternoon’s 3-2 loss to the Chicago Fire. Check out @JMoNGE’s video of the PK, definitely captures the essence of the Home Depot Center.

@SEN0486: “Just purchased my tickets to @LAGalaxy vs. Real Madrid!!! http://bit.ly/clGtMT”

This Saturday, August 7th 2010, the Galaxy will hold their annual summer exhibition. This year's exhibition will be at the Rose Bowl against La Liga Giants Real Madrid. Ronaldo and Kaka among others are expected to play. If you haven’t bought tickets you might be out of luck as I hear most of the cheap seats are already sold out. Lucky for me my tickets were apart of my season tickets for the Galaxy.

@LSanchez: “I'm glad I never bought an @LAGalaxy jersey with @landondonovan's name on it. True captains don't talk about wanting to go to another team”

Rumors surfaced last week about LD possibly leaving LA. This week Donovan made some comments that didn’t exactly say he wants to leave, but that he is very open to the possibility. My stance on this scenario has always been the same, Donovan is great player but if he wants to leave, let him. I don’t want anyone wearing a Galaxy jersey if they don’t want to.

@jwmcclelland: “MLS All-Star game proves how worthless All-Star games are. Would have rather seen Mancs v Galaxy or @Columbus_Crew #mlsallstar”

A little harsh, but a 5-2 loss for an “All-Star” team is just plain sad. I understand it’s supposed to all be in fun, but what’s fun about watching your favorite players get smashed? There is something belittling about the fact that we get all the best players in our whole league to face Man U. and still lose by 3. If we are not going to put our best foot forward in the international ring, maybe we shouldn’t step in at all. We may understand the loss and the fact that the team is not really a team, but overseas this takes a toll on our leagues reputation. Maybe we should go back to an East vs West setup again. Anyway, just because the MLS All-Star game is flawed doesn’t mean all All-Star games are. I happen to love the NBA’s All-Star weekend and you can catch me behind the tube all weekend long.

@FanUnited: “Becks confirms he is not joining West Ham http://bit.ly/bPboet”

Word hit the net this week that West Ham United we’re talking to David Beckham about a possible move back to the EPL. A spokesman for Beckham quickly dismissed the rumor saying, "David is happy at the Los Angeles Galaxy and has no interest in leaving, and is looking forward to returning to the team on August 9." I’m glad to hear this, but if there is anything that we learned from Beckham’s time in the MLS is that you can take anything he says seriously.

@Marcial_Diana: “Los Angeles Galaxy smashed by PR Islanders, 4-1: MLS's best club, the Los Angeles Galaxy, was embarrassed at home ... http://bit.ly/9v4W9R”

Last Tuesday the Galaxy faced the Islanders in the preliminary round of the CONCACAF champions league at the Home Depot Center and things got ugly. The Galaxy were smashed by the Puerto Rican club 4-1 in what many thought would be an easy win for the Galaxy. For those watching it really felt like the Galaxy never even had a chance. Hopefully the Galaxy can answer back on Wednesday in Puerto Rico but its highly unlikely. The Galaxy are starting to show major signs of fatigue and all this flying around is not helping one bit. Let’s see what happens come Wednesday. That's all for this edition of Hitchhiker's Guide, thanks for reading. @Trunksra