Comments on: Galaxy Lose Yet Again; RSL Crushes UEFA Cup Bound Everton

By: Eplnfl

Eplnfl — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 22:04:00 +0000

The fire with Blanco. Who can not by the way play a full game gave a very good Celtic team a good game. The match looked well played and the players seemed into the game.

After this weekend of action starting
with the All Star game and going through Salt Lake and Chicago did America?

Yes. The news is good MLS can compete against some of the worlds best. We have a long way to go, we did to get better talent from all over the world and keep homegrown talent here in the MLS and get better coaching.

Things are getting better no matter what the English press may think.

By: Federico

Federico — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 21:34:00 +0000

Blanco showed true class today in debut for Fire. All of us America’ fans love Blanco. The fraud Lalas discussed last month was on full display with Everton against Real. MLS 2 EPL 1 last night. Any answer for that Eurosnobs?

By: JR

JR — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 19:56:00 +0000

Xavier and Cannon were the two best players on the pitch. I agree with MJ, 5–0 for sure w/o those two.

I saw Salt Lake trash Everton. When is Moyes going to dump James Beattie? Looks like with Pompey, Villa, West Ham and Spurs improving Everton could be out of a UEFA cup spot next year.

By: MJ

MJ — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 19:33:00 +0000

Kartik,

What you're going to see from Chelsea is second place in the EPL. I don't want to hear about ugly performances, toss that out. Who cares what kind of performance it is when a team has the same amount of success the last few years as Chelsea has had.

They dominated the game last night, outpossesed LA, and didn't even look to take the game seriously. That wasn't the case for the Galaxy, who played as hard as they could in front of the home crowd and played all their starters for nearly all of the game. 10-0 is surely a bit of an exaggeration, but it could've been 5-0 with ease, especially if Xavier and Cannon didn't stand on their heads and play outstanding soccer.

By: USA2010

USA2010 — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 19:30:00 +0000

Well, I see everyone watched the game....seems like Becks is paying dividends already.

Scary, but ESPN and others confuse MLS with LA Galaxy. It was not Beckham's Major League Soccer debut because it wasn't a league game. It was his Galaxy debut. (In an event organized by LA so they would be in it.)

Welcome to Hollywood!

By: Kartik

Kartik — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 18:33:00 +0000

Anonymous, 12:53, you cannot be serious? 10–0? I saw Chelsea play their fair share of ugly football against inferior sides in games that DID matter last year in the EPL. Until Jose begins to use his flank players like Robben, Wright-Phillips, Cole and Malouda properly, you’re going to see a lot of ugly performances from the Blues.

By: Kartik

Kartik — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 18:31:00 +0000

Let me get this right anonymous. Chelsea's 1-0 "thrashing" of LA shows how poor MLS is, but RSL's 2-0 victory over Everton is meaningless because they are not as you call it "true representatives of English Football."

Your logic is as laughable as those who picked England to win the World Cup last year.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 17:53:00 +0000

LA was awful. The scoreline would have been 10-nill had Mourinho not made a backhanded gentleman’s agreement with AEG to keep the scoreline respectable. AEG may have made the same deal with Celtic today to throw the game versus the Fire. As for Everton, they are rubbish anyhow, so losing to an MLS side doesn’t exactly surprise me.

By: Eplnfl

Eplnfl — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 15:48:00 +0000

All right I know the the Beckham thing is overdone, he is a aging midfielder, who in his prime had his share of shortcomings.

However, he is a football/soccer superstar and in America superstars sell. The sport is secondary. Ask the NBA. The player means dollars and fan interest.

Lets not get too excited over the RSL victory Everton is just warming up.

We as soccer/football supports and fans should want Beckham and the MLS to achieve. That way all of football will win in the long run.
I can not wait for the day when we go seamlessly from great MLS action to great EPL action.

I truely believe the day is not far off when I may have to change my username to EPLNFLMLS and if the Chicago Cubs continue to win thats a real problem for me. I'll be watching taped games to 2 in the morning and I get up at 5:00am.

By: Lowell

Lowell — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 14:26:00 +0000

Steve Sidwell is my new hero. I hope Mourhino doesnt reprimand him for playing true soccer and taking the ball from Becks. I was celebrating as he rolled around on the pitch hoping to get a call or a card.

ESPN can now take Becks out of their mouth and wipe their lips. He's not going to help the MLS, he's only going to springboard into a few more soccer-related movies in Hollywood.

Did you all know he and his wife are Scientologists? Katie Holmes with her Posh Becks haircut got more camera time than Jose Mourhino did during the game. Perhaps they could all get together with the midget (Tom Cruise) and have a prayer session for David Becks. Prayers are the only thing he has left.

Chelsea looked IMO to be a well oiled possession machine. Passing was better than their last 2 matches, and their offense is going to be lethal in the Prem.

LA played well, but then again, I surely wouldnt want to be a player er, I mean after-thought, on their roster. You play your guts out and the entire 27,000 crowd cheers for a has-been who only plays 12 minutes.

Can anyone tell me why there was 3+ minutes of stoppage time? I found that to be ridiculous! ESPN needs to be uncovered for having their money in the ref's pocket.