FAMILIAR FACES, FAMILIAR RESULT COLUMBUS, WITH FORMER GALAXY COACH, BEATS L.A. COLUMBUS 1, GALAXY 0.Byline: LARRY MORGAN Staff Writer CARSON -- There were plenty of familiar faces on Saturday night 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, where the Galaxy played the Columbus Crew The Columbus Crew is a professional soccer club based in Columbus, Ohio that participates in Major League Soccer. The club was owned by Lamar Hunt, who also owned the Kansas City Chiefs and FC Dallas until his 2006 death, upon which his son, Clark, took over his sports properties. . So was the final result. Former Galaxy coach Sigi Schmid Siegfried "Sigi" Schmid (born March 20 1953 in Tübingen, West Germany) is a soccer coach who currently heads the Columbus Crew. Schmid moved from Germany to Torrance, California in 1962. He received a B.S. in economics from UCLA in 1976, and an M. was back with his new team, the Columbus Crew, and Alexi Lalas Panayotis Alexander (Alexi) Lalas (born June 1 1970, Birmingham, Michigan) is a former Greek-American soccer defender, who became one of the most famous soccer players in the United States after he played in the 1994 FIFA World Cup. was looking on in his first game as the Galaxy's new president and general manager. What he saw was some inconsistent soccer and, eventually, a 1-0 loss in front of an announced crowd of 19,666. Kyle Martino Kyle Hunter Martino (born February 19, 1981 in Atlanta, Georgia) is an American soccer player, who currently plays attacking midfielder for the Los Angeles Galaxy of Major League Soccer. gave the Crew the win in extra time when he pounced on a loose ball deep in the Galaxy penalty area and rifled in a five-yard shot into the net. Columbus had not won a game this season and had only one point entering Saturday's game, but the Crew still gave the Galaxy problems. Saturday's struggle has become almost a tradition for Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. in the series, considering the Crew was 11-8-5 all-time against the Galaxy before Saturday and suffered its last loss to Los Angeles almost two years ago. Los Angeles also failed to score a goal against Columbus in two meetings a year ago and hadn't scored against the Crew since a 3-1 loss on Sept.4, 2004. Each team had good chances in a game that started dreadfully slow but finished with some entertaining play. The Galaxy's Paulo Nagamura Paulo Nagamura (born March 2, 1983 in São Paulo, Brazil) is a Japanese-Brazilian soccer player, who currently plays with the MLS club, Chivas USA. Nagamura came up through the system of hometown São Paulo. and Troy Roberts Troy Dazrell Roberts (born September 18, 1983 in Fremont, California) is an American soccer defender, who currently plays for the Los Angeles Galaxy of Major League Soccer. Roberts played college soccer at UC Berkeley, and was named All-Pac 10 his junior and senior seasons. just missed in the 26th and 27th minutes, and Todd Dunivant almost scored from 20 yards in the 34th minute. Then it was the Crew's turn to get something going. Its first scoring opportunity didn't occur until the 38th minute, when forward Sebastian Rozental chipped a ball from almost 30 yards that appeared to have Galaxy goalkeeper Kevin Hartman beaten as he hurriedly retreated toward his net. Hartman appeared to barely get his hand on the ball as it caromed off the crossbar and out of play. Columbus had another great chance in the 43rd minute. Hartman came out to challenge on a scramble just inside the Los Angeles penalty area. Troy Roberts missed a clearance and the ball went right to Rozental, who let fly with a shot that appeared headed into the net as Hartman was caught out of position. But Galaxy defender Ugo Uhemelu wasn't and calmly blocked the attempt to preserve the scoreless tie. larry.morgan@sgvn.com (626) 962-8811, Ext. 2272 CAPTION(S): photo Photo: The Galaxy's Landon Donovan, left, battles for control of the ball with Columbus' Marcos Gonzalez during the first half of Saturday's game at Home Depot Center. Edna T. Simpson/Daily News |
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