LALAS BACK TO GALAXY.Byline: Larry Morgan Staff Writer CARSON - Former Galaxy player and New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Red Bulls president and general manager 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. will be named president of the Galaxy today, a club official confirmed. Lalas, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. some Web sites, submitted his resignation to the Red Bulls on Sunday. He reportedly informed his New York players of his decision that morning, a day after the team tied Real Salt Lake. New York is expected to officially announce his departure today, but a Galaxy official confirmed Lalas was on his way to Los Angeles. Lalas will replace Doug Hamilton, who died while returning home from the club's 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 match in San Jose, Costa Rica, against Deportivo Saprissa in early March. Lalas spent 17 months as president of the San Jose Earthquakes
Lalas played with Los Angeles from 2001 through the end of the 2003 season. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Former Galaxy star Alexi Lalas is expected to be named the new president of the team today. Stephen Dunn/Getty Images |
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