CONCACAF CHAMPIONS' CUP: L.A. SEEKS BIGGER HONORS.Byline: Larry Morgan Staff Writer CARSON - The Galaxy's prize for winning the MLS Cup The MLS Cup is the final game of the Major League Soccer postseason, officially recognized as the championship of the league. The trophy is called the Alan I. Rothenberg Trophy, after the founding chairman of MLS. title last fall is a quarterfinal berth in the CONCACAF CONCACAF Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (Soccer) CONCACAF Confederacion Norte, Centroamericana y del Caribe de Futbol Asociacion (Spanish) Champions' Cup, and another triumph would send it to the world's stage. The Galaxy opens the region's club championship tonight at Home Depot The Home Depot (NYSE: HD) is an American retailer of home improvement and construction products and services. Headquartered in Vinings, just outside Atlanta in unincorporated Cobb County, Georgia, Home Depot employs more than 355,000 people and operates 2,164 big-box Center against Costa Rica's Deportivo Saprissa, the defending champion, with the second game of the two-leg, total-goals series Wednesday in San Jose, Costa Rica. The Champions' Cup winner advances to the FIFA FIFA International Association Football Federation [French Fédération Internationale de Football Association] FIFA n abbr (= Fédération Internationale de Football Association) → FIFA f Club World Championship in Japan next December. The Galaxy, which won the event in 2000, is making its fourth appearance in the annual tournament. ``As well as we did last year, Galaxy captain Peter Vagenas said, ``the message this year is to do even better, and the only way we can do that is by starting with the Champions Cup.'' Saprissa, which finished third at last year's Club World Championship, is missing suspended forward Ronald Gomez and defender Jervis Drummond and injured midfielder Alonso Solis. The quarterfinals began Wednesday, with MLS See multilevel security. runner-up New England playing Costa Rica's Alajuelense to a 0-0 draw in Bermuda and Mexico's Club America and Toluca posting wins. Midfielder Pat Noonan, a U.S. national-teamer, sustained a hamstring injury hamstring injury Sports medicine A muscle injury of biceps femoris, seen in sprinters and runners, when a contracted muscle meets a lengthening force, overpowering intrinsic muscle resiliency Management RICE, NSAIDs, gradual ↑ of pain-free activity–eg, in the Revolution's tie. America beat Jamaica's Portmore United 2-1 in Houston as Christian Gimenez and Aaron Padilla scored. Toluca topped Honduras' Olimpia 2-0 on goals by Rodrigo Diaz and Jose Manuel Cruzalta. Larry Morgan, (626) 962-8811, Ext. 2272 larry.morgan(at)sgvn.com CAPTION(S): box Box: GALAXY vs. SAPRISSA |
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