Viva El Naranja!

And as for “Whether it’s acquiring players within MLS…or motivating the current group of Galaxy players, Arena knows what he’s doing”, let’s remember that he was the guy who sent Wynne to Toronto for a draft pick, sent Dunivant (who at the time was cracking the NT and was one of the best left backs in the league) AND cash to Toronto for Goldtwaite, allowed Peguero to be sold when that meant our forward roster consisted of Wolyniec, Buddle, a forever-injured Youri Djorkaeff, and an untested Jozy Altidore (who only got his chance to play because Buddle and Djorkaeff were both injured and we needed someone!), traded Buddle for Tim Regan, cut half his defenders (including Regan) and then needed to rely on Stammler, Kovalenko, and Van den Bergh to play defense because of how thin the backline was; and brought back an overpriced Reyna only to have their relationship deteriorate to the point that they weren’t speaking when Arena was let go. Rumor also was that his assistant coaches (Harkes and Williams) weren’t speaking by the end of the year. And throughout it all, Arena seemed disinterested.

This isn’t to say he didn’t do a few good things while as manager of the Red Bulls (bringing back Kovalenko, obtaining Angel and stealing Freeman from Colorado among them), but the negatives outweigh the positives and suggest that maybe the league has passed Arena by.

It’ll be interesting, therefore, to see what happens when he takes over a team in worse shape.

I like the choice of Arena but they are dead ducks until next year a t the earliest. Even Jose M. would not turn them around so quickly they are so messed up.