Real Salt Lake will be taking on LA Galaxy the second leg of the conference semifinal. Ahead of the match, Real Salt Lake manager Jason Kreis has said that LA Galaxy are in a great position despite the home advantage of his team. Kreis has said that LA Galaxy are a team who play extremely well on the counter-attack. He has also said that Bruce Arena makes his team defensively well-organised. Due to the 1-0 advantage they bring into the match, this match will be perfect for LA Galaxy according to Kreis. Real Salt Lake have been on an excellent season so far, but they need to get past this…
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Larentowicz Key to Chicago
Jeff Larentowicz knows what it takes to take a team from the cusp of a playoff elimination to winning a trophy and the midfielder will be hoping to repeat that feat again now with the Chicago Fire. Larentowicz tasted MLS success in 2010 with the Colorado Rapids, and the 30-year old looks set to be an important part of Chicago’s plans of repeating that achievement with the Fire this season.
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Fire Edge Towards Playoffs
Mike Magee is surely on the shortlist for Major League Soccer’s MVP award after another stellar performance on Saturday night sent Chicago Fire into the top half of the Eastern Conference. Magee scored a goal and created another as the Fire brushed past FC Dallas 3-2 to record their second win on the bounce and push towards a playoff place.
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RIMANDO MISSES OUT
Goalkeeper Nick Rimando has not featured for Real Salt Lake for the last month. In fact, his last game for the club was back in June. Hence, many were sceptical about the chances of Rimando helping the club, who were on a bad run of form. The team was coming into the weekend’s match against Colorado Rapids on the back of two consecutive defeats in the league. This has eroded the lead they have had in the table. Even though Rimando was unable to see his team win against Colorado Rapids, Rimando produced one of the impressive performances in the Real Salt Lake jersey. This earned the praise of his…
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EMBARASSED
LA Galaxy manager Bruce Arena has revealed that he is extremely embarrassed after his team only managed a 3-2 defeat at the hands of San Jose Earthquakes. It was a match that they should have won comfortably after they were leading the match 2-1 with only a few minutes to go. However, they conceded two goals in the final few minutes to lose the match 3-2. The team looked completely in control of the match going into the last 30 min. Marcelo Sarvas had given the lead for LA Galaxy in the 19th minute.