SOCCER: GALAXY'S HOPES STILL ALIVE.Byline: LARRY MORGAN Staff Writer CARSON -- If there ever was a must-win for the Galaxy, tonight's 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 showdown with the Colorado Rapids The Colorado Rapids are a soccer club based in Commerce City, Colorado that participates in Major League Soccer. The club was founded in 1995. The team colors are burgundy and sky blue with the home jerseys being burgundy. The away jerseys are sky blue with burgundy trim. is it. The Rapids are fourth in the Western Conference, with a six-point edge on the Galaxy for the final playoff spot, and only five regular-season games remain. ``A big one, you think?'' Galaxy coach Frank Yallop Frank Walter Yallop (born April 4, 1964 in Watford, England) is a former English-Canadian footballer, and the current manager of the Los Angeles Galaxy. Although he grew up in Vancouver, Yallop played professional football for nearly 20 years in England and the United said with a grin. ``I feel like we've been saying that forever,'' Galaxy forward 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). said. ``For us, it seems like every game has been that way. It doesn't happen all the time, but we've got to have that attitude.'' Donovan says he has assessed the rest of the West's schedules and deducted the Galaxy needs to beat Colorado, then go from there. ``Over the last 11 or 13 games, not many teams have been better than us, and that's good,'' he said. ``Unfortunately, as you saw Sunday (in a 2-1 loss to Houston), sometimes you play well and it doesn't happen. We just have to find a way to win these games.'' Donovan is optimistic op·ti·mist n. 1. One who usually expects a favorable outcome. 2. A believer in philosophical optimism. op the Galaxy will make it into the playoffs. ``Am I confident? I am,'' he said. ``The good news is, it's in our hands.'' larry.morgan@sgvn.com (626) 962-8811, Ext. 2272 CAPTION(S): box Box: GALAXY vs. COLORADO - Larry Morgan |
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