Because soccer isn't gay, but once in awhile it kinda is.
Los Angeles Galaxy
Soccer Ally May: Los Angeles Galaxy
05/07/12
Our first week of May was a big success. Four days. Four teams without Soccer Allies. And an average of four per team joined up last week.
And, if you want to compare that to the list as it stood a week ago, the player portion of our list grew by fifty percent in just those four days.
There are only two MLS teams left without an ally and today we go after the big Kahuna, the white whale, the LA Galaxy.
Over half the team’s roster is on Twitter, and they represent one of the most cosmopolitan, gay-friendly markets in the country, but yet they stand at zero. Their stadium even hosted an Equality Night last year, but it was a project of Chivas USA.
What gives, Galaxy?
Help us reach out to the many players listed below, asking them to be Allies. Have them tweet back to us or use the #soccerally hash tag.
LA Galaxy 0 – 1 New York Red Bulls (Boredom, 11)
05/07/12
The visiting New York Red Bulls walked into The Home Depot Center on Saturday in front of a sold-out crowd and ESPN (the uno) prime-time cameras with one goal in mind:
Play the most unentertaining, uninteresting, style-less soccer of the season.
And they succeeded. A nice unexpected bonus? New York somehow managed to walk away with the victory.
LA Galaxy: Josh Saunders in Rehab; Return Unknown
05/02/12
After being left off the game-day roster in this past weekend’s 1-1 tie with FC Dallas due to “personal reasons,” it was revealed yesterday that Los Angeles Galaxy netminder Josh Saunders has been enrolled in Major League Soccer’s substance abuse and behavioral health program.
The team asserts that Saunders has not failed a league-administered drug test but has declined to provide more information.
New Hair, New Flair: LA Galaxy 3 – 1 Portland Timbers
04/16/12
Los Angeles Galaxy racked up their second win of the season last evening in a come-from-behind victory over the visiting Portland Timbers off of strong performances from its core veterans – and a central defender three days new to the team.
Game summary and match impressions after the jump.
Beckham: Well, at Least He’s a Pretty Face Who Can Sell Stuff.
04/02/12
Strong Bad is clearly a tougher coach than Bruce Arena.
Because Strong Bad knows that you only get the team real fruit smoothies if they win the game.
And the LA Galaxy hasn’t been winning the game. Yet David Beckham gets real fruit smoothies.
All joking aside, it does have people wondering: with a new two-year deal in place, is Becks’ focus more on underwear design and schilling for Pepsi and Burger King than winning games for the Galaxy?
Whether that’s the case or not, this silly commercial coming out right after the Galaxy’s performance Saturday night against the Revolution along with rumored Beckham drama at the game doesn’t make for a great narrative.
An Epic Event: gay4soccer Toronto Meets gay4soccer LA
03/14/12
Our Toronto writer John is in Los Angeles covering the CONCACAF Champions League Quarterfinal for Waking the Red. He gathered together a panel of Los Angeles Galaxy writers, including his gay4soccer associate Tommy, at Roscoe’s Chicken and Waffles for a CCL match preview
CCL: Late LA Equalizer Costs Toronto
03/08/12
It only took 20 minutes for Toronto FC to put LA Galaxy in a position they had rarely experienced in their 2011 MLS Cup-winning campaign: On the wrong side of a two-goal differential.
Ryan Johnson and Luis Silva put away two confident strikes to give the hosts a commanding lead over the tournament favorites before a boisterous crowd of 47,568 at Rogers Centre last evening. The lead poised Toronto to head into next week’s away leg with firm control over their future.
But Los Angeles had other plans and would narrow the lead a little over ten minutes later from a Mike Magee finish. The visitors would equalize the score in the match’s dying minutes after Landon Donovan slotted home a loose ball left in the penalty area after a David Beckham corner kick.
Looking Back / Forward with Tommy
03/01/12
Favorite Moment, 2011:
Saturday, June 26, 2011
LA Galaxy
at
San Jose Earthquakes
Summary: A Beckham- and Donovan- less Galaxy squad find themselves goalkeeper-less right before halftime… and down a man to boot. Normal starter (and now Montreal netminder) Donovan Ricketts suffers a broken arm halfway through the first half and is replaced by his backup, Josh Saunders, who himself is shown a red card shortly before halftime. It’s tough to explain what exactly happened, so just watch it for yourself:
But this series of events was one of the best things to happen to Los Angeles all year. Here’s why: read more…
VIDEO: Houston Supporters at the MLS Cup
02/29/12
Ayla reported Monday on restrictions placed on travelling Houston Dynamo supporters in the wake of incidents of bad behavior on a few occasions during the 2011 season.
We will have more from Ayla and the Houston perspective as she puts some thoughts together from the affected groups.
In the meantime, our LA writer Tommy had his camera at the ready at the end of the 2011 MLS Cup. As the final seconds wound down, he was hoping to capture the final whistle and ensuing celebration as his team became League Champions for the third time.
