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Los Angeles Galaxy Weekly Update

June 18, 2007 - Major League Soccer (MLS)
LA Galaxy News Release


CARSON, Calif. (Monday, June 18, 2007) - Following Sunday afternoon's 3-2 win over Real Salt Lake, the Los Angeles Galaxy will look to make it two wins in a row on Saturday night when they host the Columbus Crew at The Home Depot Center. Columbus is winless in their last seven games (with a game against Kansas City scheduled for Wednesday), while LA will look to extend that run on Saturday night by collecting their second consecutive victory. The match, which is presented by AM830, kicks off at 7:30 p.m. and can be seen live on FSN West with Galaxy Live starting at 7 p.m., or on HDNet. The first 5,000 fans in attendance will receive a Galaxy beach towel.

Galaxy Weekly Training Schedule (All times Pacific)

Date Time/Location

Tuesday, June 19 **CLOSED TRAINING**

Wednesday, June 20 10:30 a.m. - Galaxy training (Field #6)

Thursday, June 21 10:30 a.m. - Galaxy training (Field #6)

Friday, June 22 10:30 a.m. - Galaxy training (Field #6)

Saturday, June 23 7:30 p.m. - Galaxy (2-4-3) vs. Columbus Crew (1-4-6) at The Home Depot Center. The game will be broadcast live on FSN West as well as HDNet, and on the radio on CA$H 1700 AM (English) and KLAA 830 AM (Spanish).

Sunday, June 24 ***DAY OFF***

Galaxy Injury Report

OUT - Chris Albright (R-Hamstring), Alan Gordon (L-Foot Stress Fracture), Ian Russell (R-Hamstring)

DOUBTFUL - None

QUESTIONABLE - Gavin Glinton (Sports Hernia), Quavas Kirk (Plantar Fasciitis), Troy Roberts (R-Hip)

PROBABLE - Nate Jaqua (R-Wrist Surgery)

Galaxy Team Notes

DAZZLING DEBUTS: Newly acquired forward Edson Buddle wasted little time in giving his new home fans a reason to cheer as he scored his first-ever goal in a Galaxy uniform in the 25th minute of the 3-2 win over Real Salt Lake. Buddle, who was acquired from Toronto FC on Wednesday, got on the end of a long ball out of the back from Abel Xavier and was able to hit a right-footed shot just inside the far post to give LA a 2-1 advantage.

Before Buddle, the last Galaxy player to score on his debut for the club was Santino Quaranta who scored the game-winner just 11 minutes after entering the Galaxy's 1-0 win over Houston on August 9, 2006.

OPENING THE SCORING BOOKS: Both Buddle and fellow forward Nate Jaqua scored their first regular season goal in a Galaxy uniform on Sunday. The last time that two Galaxy players had scored their first-ever goal for the club in the same game was on April 3, 2004 when Andreas Herzog and Jovan Kirovski scored in the victory over the New England Revolution.

CENTER BACKS CHIP IN: While Buddle and Jaqua, as well as Cobi Jones, took care of the goalscoring, the central defense pairing of Abel Xavier and Kyle Veris played a big role in setting up the Galaxy goals. Both Veris, who was making his third start of the year, and Xavier, who was making his MLS debut, were credited with assists in Sunday's win. The assists were the first of their MLS career for both players and they became the first LA center backs to collect an assist since Troy Roberts earned the first assist of his MLS career in a 2-0 win over FC Dallas on August 20, 2006.

GALAXY INTERNATIONALS TO BATTLE: The three Galaxy players that are competing in the CONCACAF Gold Cup will meet on Thursday night for a spot in the final when Canada takes on the United States. Ante Jazic and Kevin Harmse have helped Canada reach the semifinals while Landon Donovan has scored twice to help the defending champion U.S. team get back to this stage of the competition. With his two goals, Donovan now has 32 for his National Team career, placing him just two behind the all-time leading scorer Eric Wynalda.

The game between the United States and Canada can be seen live on Fox Soccer Channel and Telefutura, starting at 4 p.m.

On Saturday against the Crew, the Galaxy are expected to have the players from which ever team loses Thursday's semifinal available for selection.

GALAXY HEAD TO CHILDRENS HOSPITAL: The Los Angeles Galaxy will be brightening the day of patients at Children's Hospital Los Angeles at 2pm on Tuesday, June 19. Galaxy players and coaches will be signing autographs, taking pictures and giving out Galaxy memorabilia to the hospital's young patients.

ALUMNI GAME RETURNS ON JUNE 23: The Los Angeles Galaxy will hold their annual alumni game on Saturday, June 23 at The Home Depot Center, at 5:15 prior to the start of the Galaxy's regular season match against the Columbus Crew. Headlining the list of former Galaxy greats is Mauricio Cienfuegos, Paul Caligiuri, Robin Fraser, Harut Karapetyan, Jorge Salcedo and of course the club's current President and General Manager Alexi Lalas. Special guest will also include Frank LeBoeuf, a member of France's 1998 World Cup winning side, Steve Jones, the former guitarist of the Sex Pistols and currently the host of Jonesy's Jukebox on Indie 103.1, and Jimmy-Jean Louis of the hit NBC show "Heroes".

SUPERLIGA™ TICKETS ON SALE NOW: Tickets are now on sale for each of the Galaxy's home matches at this summer's inaugural SuperLiga™ tournament. SuperLiga™ is an eight-team tournament for North American supremacy featuring four teams from each the United States and Mexico. The Galaxy will open group play on Tuesday, July 24 when they host Pachuca at 8 p.m. at The Home Depot Center. LA then takes on CD Guadalajara on Saturday, July 28 at the L.A. Coliseum at 7 p.m. before closing out Group A on Tuesday, July 31 against FC Dallas as Pizza Hut Park. Tickets for the Galaxy's game against Pachuca are on sale now through the club at 877-3GALAXY while tickets for the game against Chivas are available only through Ticketmaster.

WORLD SERIES OF FOOTBALL TICKETS NOW ON SALE: Tickets are also on sale for all four games of the 2007 World Series of Football at The Home Depot Center. Fans can now catch all of the action in this exciting international tournament, featuring Chelsea FC, Suwon Samsung Bluewings and Tigres UANL, as well as the Galaxy, with prices starting at just $120 for all four games. There are additional deals available for groups of 20 or more. Please contact the Galaxy at 877-3GALAXY or www.lagalaxy.com to purchase tickets or for more information.

GALAXY ROADTRIP OF A LIFETIME: The Los Angeles Galaxy Foundation is raffling off an exciting trip for two to see the Galaxy play their first-ever game against Toronto FC at BMO Field on Sunday, August 5. By purchasing a raffle ticket, fans will be entered into a drawing to win two roundtrip tickets to Toronto on Friday, August 3, a three-night hotel stay, ground transportation to and from the airport and two tickets to see the Galaxy take on Toronto FC. For more about this once in a lifetime opportunity, please visit www.lagalaxy.com.

***Please note that the kickoff time of this game is now 7:30 p.m. ET).***

DON'T MISS GALAXY DEPORTIVO EVERY SATURDAY: Galaxy Deportivo, the Galaxy's official weekly half tour show, is back live every Saturday at 3:30 p.m. on KWHY Channel 22. Elmer Polanco and Alejandro Navarro present the latest news surrounding the club with special features and interviews, as well interacting with Galaxy fans throughout the Los Angeles area.

MAS GALAXY RETURNS ON KLAA AM 830: Mas Galaxy, the Galaxy's weekly Spanish language radio show can be found every Saturday at 1 p.m. on KLAA AM 830. Hosted by Francisco Rivera and Jose "Pepe" Mantilla, the Spanish language radio voices of the Galaxy, Mas Galaxy gets you up to date with all the latest news surrounding the club through interviews, player profiles and expert analysis.

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