MLS: RUIZ'S MAGIC TOUCH LATE SALVAGES SAMPSON DEBUT GALAXY 1, CHICAGO 1.Byline: Fred J. Robledo Staff Writer CARSON - Steve Sampson Steve Sampson (born January 19, 1957 in Salt Lake City, Utah) is a soccer coach and the former head coach of the United States men's national team and the Los Angeles Galaxy of Major League Soccer. blew a huge sigh of relief, and president and general manager Doug Hamilton Doug Hamilton (March 6, 1963 – March 9, 2006) was president and general manager of the Los Angeles Galaxy soccer team. He was previously the general manager of the Miami Fusion. admitted doing the same. They can both thank Carlos Ruiz for letting them sleep a little easier on Saturday night, because the Guatemalan forward's flare for the dramatic couldn't have come at a better time. Ruiz headed home an Arturo Torres Arturo Torres (born December 11, 1980 in Harbor City, California) is an American soccer player, the first player in the history of Chivas USA of Major League Soccer. Torres played college soccer at Loyola Marymount University from 1999 to 2002. cross in the 89th minute, allowing the Galaxy to salvage a 1-1 tie with the Chicago Fire Chicago fire conflagration destroyed most of city (1871). [Am. Hist.: Jameson, 94] See : Disaster in front of 26,672 in Sampson's coaching debut 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. It wasn't exactly what Sampson had in mind - but it was certainly better than losing. ``It was huge,'' said Sampson. ``It was even more of an exhale exhale /ex·hale/ (eks´hal) to breathe out. ex·hale v. 1. To breathe out. 2. To emit a gas, vapor, or odor. from my wife up in the press box.'' And sitting with Sampson's wife was Hamilton, who hired Sampson after firing 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. last week. ``You couldn't hear my exhale,'' said Hamilton. ``But it was pretty loud.'' Ruiz, who scored his 11th goal of the season, was asked why he has such a flare for the dramatic. ``It's not that I go out there trying to score goals at the end of games,'' Ruiz said. ``But we were very nervous and there was a lot of pressure on us tonight.'' Ruiz, who played with Guatemala during a World Cup qualifier against Canada on Wednesday, said it's going to take more time to get acquainted with Sampson's demands. ``He was unable to change the mentality of the team in three days, and that's understandable,'' Ruiz said. ``But I think we played a little more connected and a little more opportunistic. Give us a little more time with him, and we should be able to adapt.'' Chicago's Damani Ralph put the Fire in front in the 67th minute when he raced in from the right side. Without defender Ryan Suarez closing him down, Ralph unleashed a right-footed shot past goalkeeper Kevin Hartman for a 1-0 lead. The Galaxy managed to tie it, but it couldn't change their recent slide. Fred Robledo, (626) 962-8811 fred.robledo(at)sgvn.com |
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