MLS: TIE IS A LOSS FOR GALAXY WIZARDS RALLY LATE FROM 2-0 DEFICIT GALAXY 2, KANSAS CITY 2.Byline: Daily News KANSAS CITY Kansas City, two adjacent cities of the same name, one (1990 pop. 149,767), seat of Wyandotte co., NE Kansas (inc. 1859), the other (1990 pop. 435,146), Clay, Jackson, and Platte counties, NW Mo. (inc. 1850). , Mo. - Two superb first-half corner kicks by Landon Donovan Landon Timothy Donovan (born March 4, 1982 in Ontario, California), is an American professional soccer player on the Los Angeles Galaxy, who is the joint all-time leading scorer for the U.S. National Team (along with Eric Wynalda). appeared to have the Galaxy set for their second Major League Soccer victory outside Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, this season, an achievement that would bolster its efforts to finish second in the Western Conference - prime territory come playoff time. As has happened too many times this year, L.A. couldn't hold on, surrendering a two-goal lead in the final 10 minutes and settling for a 2-2 draw with the Kansas City Wizards in front of 12,368 at Arrowhead Stadium Arrowhead Stadium is a stadium located in Kansas City, Missouri, and home to the National Football League's Kansas City Chiefs and Major League Soccer's Kansas City Wizards. It is part of the city's Truman Sports Complex (together with Kauffman Stadium). . It was the fifth time this season the Galaxy (11-11-6, 39 points) has watched a late lead disappear or lost in the closing minutes, and it eliminated the club from the Western Conference regular-season title race. L.A. leads third-place 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. (10-9-6), which plays host today to Real Salt Lake, by three points, but Dallas has played three fewer games. Donovan's crosses sent the Galaxy to a 2-0 lead by the 36th minute. First, in the 26th, he bounced a corner kick from the right wing through traffic to Chris Albright Christopher John "Chris" Albright (born January 14, 1979 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American international soccer defender for the Los Angeles Galaxy in Major League Soccer. Albright attended William Penn Charter School. , who chested the ball toward the net, then beat K.C.'s Kerry Zavagnin to poke it into the upper-left corner. Ten minutes later, from the other side, Donovan found Herculez Gomez at the far post for a header. The goal was the rookie's eighth this season; the assist, Donovan's eighth. It looked like it would stand up almost to the end. Then the Wizards (11-7-10), who are three points ahead of the fifth-place MetroStars in a tight Eastern Conference race, took charge. Davy Arnaud headed home Chris Klein's corner kick in the 81st minute to halve the deficit, and Josh Wolff scored the equalizer in the 86th, heading the ball into an empty net after former Galaxy midfielder Sasha Victorine hit the crossbar with a shot. The comeback came with neither Galaxy defensive leader Tyrone Marshall, whom coach Steve Sampson pulled in favor of Costa Rican youngster Michael Umana, nor U.S. national-teamer right back Chris Albright, who departed early in the second half, on the field. Sampson's peculiar starting lineup was without captain Peter Vagenas, veteran Cobi Jones and No. 1 goalkeeper Kevin Hartman - all former UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX stars. |
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