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Tuesday, February 26, 2008

Los Angeles Galaxy Beckham football kits MLS 2007


The Los Angeles Galaxy is a American first division soccer league (MLS) football team based in Los Angeles, California. The name "Galaxy" refers to Los Angeles being the home of many Hollywood "stars".The team's original colors were teal and gold; with the teal changed to green in 2003. In July 2007, a new color scheme and a new logo was unveiled. Still with the adidas kits, the new home strip is all-white with yellow and navy accents. The away strip is all-navy with yellow accents. In March 2007 it was announced that Herbalife would be the primary shirt sponsor of the Galaxy in a five-year deal worth between $4-5 million a year until 2011. The Los Angeles Galaxy were one of the inaugural team of the MLS. The club played their home games at the Rose Bowl from 1996 to 2002 until they moved into their own soccer-specific stadium, The Home Depot Center in Carson, California, in 2003. Since the 2005 season, The Home Depot Center has been shared with Chivas USA. Their mascot is known as "Cozmo", a frog-like extraterrestrial.The Los Angeles Galaxy were the first MLS team to take advantage of the Designated Player Rule, also known as the "Beckham Rule," by signing the rule's namesake David Beckham from England to a contract worth $250 million over five years.
Los Angeles Galaxy 2007 MLS results :
Western Conference
Team Pts GP W L T GF GA GD
5 Los Angeles Galaxy 34 30 9 14 7 38 48 -10
Overall standings
Team Pts G W L T GF GA GD
1 D.C. United (E1) 55 30 16 7 7 56 34 22
2 Chivas USA (W1) 53 30 15 7 8 46 28 18
3 Houston Dynamo (W2) 52 30 15 8 7 43 23 20
4 New England Revolution (E2) 50 30 14 8 8 51 43 8
5 FC Dallas 44 30 13 12 5 37 44 -7
6 New York Red Bulls 43 30 12 11 7 47 45 2
7 Chicago Fire 40 30 10 10 10 31 36 -5
8 Kansas City Wizards 40 30 11 12 7 45 45 0
9 Columbus Crew 37 30 9 11 10 39 44 -5
10 Colorado Rapids 35 30 9 13 8 29 34 -5
11 Los Angeles Galaxy 34 30 9 14 7 38 48 -10
12 Real Salt Lake 27 30 6 15 9 31 45 -14
13 Toronto FC 25 30 6 17 7 25 49 -24
2007 Superliga
Group A
Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
Los Angeles Galaxy 6 3 2 0 1 9 8 +1 CF Pachuca 4 3 1 1 1 3 3 0
CD Guadalajara 4 3 1 1 1 3 3 0
FC Dallas 2 3 0 2 1 7 8 -1
Los Angeles Galaxy - winner of Group A (2-1-0); beat D.C. United in the second semifinal; lost to CF Pachuca on penalty kicks in the final

Los Angeles Galaxy MLS 2007 squads:
Head coach: Frank Yallop
Goalkeeper: 1 Steve Cronin
Defender: 28 Sean Franklin, 22 Kelly Gray, 4 Ante Jazic (CANADA), 2 Mike Randolph, 12 Troy Roberts, 24 Julian Valentin, 17 Abel Xavier (Mozambique), Greg Vanney
Midfielder: 23 David Beckham (England), 6 Kevin Harmse (South Africa), 7 Chris Klein, 18 Kyle Martino, 19 Josh Tudela, 8 Peter Vagenas
Forward: 26 Ely Allen, 14 Edson Buddle, 10 Landon Donovan, 21 Alan Gordon, 20 Carlos Ruiz (Guatemala), 11 Israel Sesay (Sierra Leone)



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