RUIZ'S OT STRIKE CARRIES GALAXY GALAXY 2, NEW ENGLAND 1.Byline: Fred J. Robledo Staff Writer CARSON - It was clear Carlos Ruiz wasn't going to score the game-winner on a pass from the midfield. Not when Saturday's game against the New England Revolution The New England Revolution, nicknamed the Revs, is a professional soccer club based in Foxborough, Massachusetts, that participates in Major League Soccer. Even though the club is based in Foxborough, the club represents all of New England. was nothing more than Galaxy defenders sending and forcing long, looping passes to the Galaxy striker. This has become the Galaxy's unattractive offense, and a reason it needed Ruiz to take one of those passes and do something with it to steal a result. In classic Ruiz style, that's what he did. Ruiz hauled in a 60-yard pass from Hong Myung-Bo
Hong Myung-Bo (born February 12, 1969 in Seoul) is a South Korean football legend. on the run, then settled himself with defender Jay Heaps John F. Heaps IV (commonly known as Jay Heaps; born August 2, 1976 in Nashua, New Hampshire) is an American soccer player, who currently plays right back for the New England Revolution of Major League Soccer. rushing back to position. As he did earlier when he juked Juked is an independently published literary journal featuring fiction and poetry. It has appeared in print and on the Internet since 1999. There is also a photography component feature (called Moment) on the website. External links
All Ruiz had left was another dramatic right-footed shot in the eighth minute of sudden-death overtime to give the Galaxy a 2-1 victory in front of 20,377 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. Afterward, Ruiz had a bit of fun explaining how he beat Heaps twice for his team-leading 11th and 12th goals of the season. ``Which one you want to talk about?'' Ruiz said. ``I victimized him on the first one, as well. It was a great pass from Bo.'' Looking at the big picture, however, Ruiz acknowledged it was another poor team showing after allowing a club-record 23 shots on goal in a 1-0 loss to Chicago on Wednesday. ``The truth is we're not fully there yet,'' Ruiz said. ``We seem to complicate games for ourselves. Fortunately, we were able to win. But looking back, I think we played worse today than we did in Chicago.'' But every now and then, Ruiz will save you. He led MLS See multilevel security. with nine game-winners en route to last year's MLS Cup The MLS Cup is the final game of the Major League Soccer postseason, officially recognized as the championship of the league. The trophy is called the Alan I. Rothenberg Trophy, after the founding chairman of MLS. title, and he notched his fourth game-winner of the season Saturday. ``He'll make you fall asleep for 90 minutes and won't do anything,'' Galaxy defender Ryan Suarez Ryan Suarez (born July 28, 1977 in Sacramento, California) is an American soccer player, who last played in United Soccer Leagues for the California Victory. Suarez played college soccer at San Jose St. from 1997 to 2000, and was named an NCAA All-American his senior season. said of Ruiz. ``But in the 90-something minute, he'll bang an upper shot on you. Those are the most dangerous forwards, like a Carlos Hermosillo or Juergen Klinsmann. They don't do anything the whole game, but in the 90th minute, boom.'' The Galaxy (6-7-8, 26 points) had its 1-0 lead taken away in the 86th minute on a penalty kick by Jose Cancela, much to the protest of Galaxy defenders. Suarez was whistled for tripping Brian Kamler from behind as he was running toward the goal on the left side. Suarez swears he didn't touch him. Fred Robledo, (626) 962-8811 fred.robledo(at)sgvn.com |
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