MLS: GALAXY MUST SETTLE FOR FOURTH IN WEST L.A., SAN JOSE TO MEET IN MLS PLAYOFFS SAN JOSE 3, GALAXY 1.Byline: Larry Morgan Staff Writer CARSON - The Galaxy's best-laid plans were laid to waste. 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. , clinging to hopes of a second-place finish Noun 1. second-place finish - a finish in second place (as in a race) runner-up finish finish - designated event that concludes a contest (especially a race); "excitement grew as the finish neared"; "my horse was several lengths behind at the finish"; "the in the Western Conference and a matchup with FC Dallas FC Dallas is a professional soccer (football) club based in Frisco, Texas, that participates in Major League Soccer. The club was known as the Dallas Burn from 1996 to 2004. The initials "FC" stand for Football Club. in the first round the MLS See multilevel security. playoffs, instead settled for fourth in the West and got another meeting with conference champion San Jose San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , which rolled to a 3-1 victory over the Galaxy on Saturday in front of an announced crowd of 27,000 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. ``We felt very confident we could go up to Spartan Stadium Spartan Stadium is the name of at least three stadiums:
The first game of the two-game series will be next Sunday at noon at Home Depot Center and will be televised by ESPN ESPN Entertainment and Sports Programming Network 2. The return match - the winner of the series will be decided on goal aggregate - is scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 29 at 7 p.m. in San Jose. Galaxy scoring sensation Herculez Gomez, who was guarded closely all night and was credited with just one shot on goal, said the Galaxy will need to be much improved in the return engagement. ``We got beat in every aspect of the game,'' he said. ``We have to learn from this, come into the next game and really take it to them. ``They're a good team. They took advantage of their opportunities and we didn't.'' San Jose coach Dominic Kinnear, however, scoffed at those who felt Saturday's result was an affirmation of the Earthquakes' superiority. San Jose, interestingly, had been 0-6-1 in Carson before Saturday's game. ``The playoffs are brand new and everyone starts over,'' Kinnear said. ``We did well this week, but next week is more important than the week before.'' The Galaxy's postseason fate pretty much was decided 38 minutes into the first half when it was announced that FC Dallas tied Kansas City 2-2. That meant the Galaxy could do no better than third in the conference. Saturday's loss to the Earthquakes left the Galaxy (13-13-6, 45 points) tied with Colorado (13-13-6, 45 points) for third place, but the Rapids got the edge on goal differential and a matchup with Dallas in the first round of the playoffs. The Galaxy, in turn, finished fourth in the West and got the Earthquakes. The Galaxy did beat the 'Quakes 2-1 in the U.S. Open Cup quarterfinals in late August, but it hasn't won a regular-season match in San Jose since a 1-0 victory on Sept. 21, 2002. Larry Morgan, (626) 962-8811, Ext. 2272 larry.morgan(at)sgvn.com |
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