The Los Angeles Galaxy beat The Colorado Rapids 3-2 on Saturday night but more importantly bacon wrapped hot dogs are BACK! I guess they were removed from the menu this season and people were upset. I’ll have to be honest… I never even knew they were gone.

But I had to laugh when I saw that the returning hot dog made the news on the Galaxy website.

Keep the Dream Alive and Strong ITALIA.

Starting this weekend I will be in Euro Cup overload and could quite possibly wear my ITALIA jersey every game day.

NOOOOOOOOOOO! Bad new for my team, looks like Alessandro Gamberini (the ITALIA capitan) is injured for the entire tournament.

This video is dodgy but you can get the idea… ankle injury.

Last night Los Angeles Galaxy hosted the Kansas City Wizards at the HDC. The Wizards were first to hit the sore board late in the fist half with a really great strike by Claudio Lopez (40′). But it was the Galaxy who replied with 3 unanswered goals in the 2nd half.

Landon (Landy Cakes) Donovan was awarded a penalty kick and tallied his 9th goal of the season (54’). Then Edson Buddle followed with his 4th in the 74’ and finally David Beckham scored his 4th of the season with a 60ish yard goal in injury time (kicked from over half of the field)! It was an empty net but what a way to end a game.

The Wizards came close to tying the game but a sliding save from Klien kept the Galaxy’s momentum going an allowed them to win and keep sole position of 1st place.

I started a new thread thanks to the suggestion of christopher.

The Mens US Soccer team has a couple of big games coming up. England, Spain and Argentina all super forces in the soccer world. This great preparation for the 2010 World Cup Qualifying match vs Barbados in June.

The first game will be at the famed Wembley Stadium vs England on May 28th. More than 1,300 tickets were sold in the U.S. Supporters Section, I’m hoping someone will dress up like Uncle Sam. Then USA faces fourth-ranked Spain at the Estadio El Sardinero in Santander, Spain on June 4 and then finally flying back home to face No. 1-ranked Argentina on June 8 at Giants Stadium, New Jersey. 46,000 pre-sale tickets have been sold for this game alone.

Check your DVR schedule and ESPN360.com for air times. They might be wacky kick offs due to the timezones.

Coach Bradley also named his 33 man pool, most of the players have been playing in Europe this past season and the ones that are playing domestically have all-star qualities (and yes MadEx… Landy Cakes will be playing).

So to recap:
May 28 USA vs England at Wembley Stadium in England (International Friendly)
June 4 USA vs Spain at El Sardinero in Santander in Spain (International Friendly)
June 8 USA vs Argentina at Giants Stadium in New Jersey (International Friendly)
June 15 USA vs Barbados at The Home Depot Center, California (World Cup Qualifying)

Who wants to go to the June 15 game?

Full 33 man pool after the jump, but also check out the latest Ad campaign for the USA Mens Soccer team.
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UEFA Cup final was played on Wednesday 4/14. Rangers FC (Scotland) vs FC Zenit (Russia) the game was played at a neutral venue in Manchester City Centre (North Manchester, England). FC Zenit beat Rangers FC 2-0 then the riots started.

The Scots are loony as is… THEN add the Ranger FC fan factor… THEN put a dozen pints in them… THEN have their team loose in the finals. They ripped up the city, beat down cops, fought and broke anything in their drunken way. One senior officer was hit so hard his electronic earpiece was left embedded in his head and had to be removed by doctors. Another policeman was bottled over the head and another lost his front teeth after being head-butted by a Rangers hooligan.

Across the city centre this morning streets were strewn with rubbish, cans of beer and broken glass after an estimated 100,000 Rangers fans descended on Manchester for the big game.

Whatever happened to loosing with dignity and showing sportsmanship? Oh who am I kidding this is soccer! Fuck dignity and sportsmanship.

Video below is of the riots.

My DVR will be working overtime next month thanks to the just recently announced Euro 2008 Soccer schedule. If you don’t have cable and want to watch the games then you HAVE to stream them from ESPN360.com. The games look really good streaming in on a broadband connection. This is how I follow the game mid week at work.

The 2 characters above… not to sure how I feel about them yet. They kinda remind me of the Dr Susis characters.
Anyone want to make a prediction on who will win? I’m going with a Italia vs Deutschland final…. Veni, vedi, vici

Full schedule after the jump.

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Saturday night the Los Angeles Galaxy played the current MLS champions the Houston Dynamo at the Home Depot Center.

The Galaxy battled back to tie the game, and as usual it was the Beckham Donovan show. Between them they have scored all six goals for the team in 2008. Tonight was no different, Landon Donovan scored 2 goals both assisted by David Beckham. The first goal is my favorite by far. A diving header, can’t beat that.

The result left Los Angeles with a 1-2-1 record while the defending Major League Soccer champion Dynamo (0-1-3) was left still seeking its first victory.

Next week Chivas USA vs. LA Galaxy Superclassico. When these two team play each other they are always intense. Expect smoke, expect big flags, expect fights and expect the LA Riot Squad to go ape shit.