LA Galaxy v New York City FC was billed as the marquee match of the MLS season with both clubs loaded up with expensive, big-name talent. Though Robbie Keane, Giovani Dos Santos, David Villa, and Andrea Pirlo would all be on the pitch, the “British invasion” was the focus of the pre-match build-up as Steven Gerrard and Frank Lampard would face each other for the first time in MLS (and roughly the nine millionth time overall in their careers).
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LA Galaxy parody NYCFC’s greasy Villa, Pirlo, and Lampard photoshoot
The LA Galaxy will host New York City FC this Sunday, so to prepare for the match, they decided to make fun of their fellow aging European talent collectors.
NYCFC gave the Galaxy plenty to work with by allowing their big three — David Villa, Andrea Pirlo, and Poku Frank Lampard — to be photographed wearing white tank tops and looking greasy by New York Magazine for some reason. So the Galaxy recreated this shoot with Dan Gargan, Alan Gordon, and Nacho Maganto.
A goalkeeper’s shame in three parts
Goal LA Galaxy – No.9 Alan GORDON – LA Galaxy 2-0 Comunicaciones #SCCL #TheChampions @LAGalaxy @CremasOficial http://t.co/mEnbJT0fgJ
— THE CHAMPIONS (@TheChampions) August 19, 2015
Facing the LA Galaxy in the CONCACAF Champions League, Juan Jose Paredes experienced a regrettable moment that just kept getting worse.
The goalkeeper for Guatemalan club Comunicaciones condemned himself to this hellacious domino effect by getting his foot stuck in the turf just before making contact with the ball, causing it to roll towards Galaxy forward Alan Gordon. Paredes attempted to chase down his mistake, but this only gave Gordon the opportunity to nutmeg him and jump over the desperate keeper on the way to finally ending this horror by scoring on the empty net.
That gave LA their second goal in the first 10 minutes of the match. Gordon then scored again in the 54th minute to make it a 3-0 lead, but Paredes had mentally disassociated from his body at that point.
DTotD: Steven Gerrard kicks ball at opponent’s face
Steven Gerrard. What a legend. pic.twitter.com/njPBclrizl
— Chris Thomas (@ChrisThomasFC) August 2, 2015
Steven Gerrard formally announced his arrival in MLS during the LA Galaxy’s 3-1 win against the Colorado Rapids last weekend. He was not punished.
Steven Gerrard scores in his first MLS match
The billboards put up around Los Angeles by his new club referred to him simply as “Greatness” and Steven Gerrard helped reinforce that by scoring an equalizer in the 37th minute of his first MLS match. Read more
People in LA don’t know who Steven Gerrard is (even those covering the LA Galaxy)
Steven Gerrard’s move to Los Angeles has been promoted for months now. The Galaxy even put up billboards around town to alert the general public to the impending arrival of the former England and Liverpool captain known all over the world.
Steven Gerrard tries to fit in during his first training session with the LA Galaxy
Gerrard: Oh. My. God. Robbie, can you believe that I’m totally, like, an LA Galaxy player now. It’s totes amazeballs, isn’t it? I mean, for real.
Keane: Why are you talking like that, Steven?
Gerrard: Talking like what? I’m just speaking in my totally normal Scouse accent. Like, it’s not like I watched the movie Clueless a thousand times in the last two months to learn how people from LA talk because I’m super nervous about playing for a club that isn’t Liverpool and living in a new place and driving on the wrong side of the road and what’s with all the traffic here? Hahahahaha!
Keane: Just relax and you’ll be fine. You’re Steven Gerrard for god’s sake.
Gerrard: For sure. It means so much to me that you would, like, say that. You are awesomesauce to the max, Robbie!
Steven Gerrard bought a bunch of beer for LA Galaxy supporters groups
Winning b4 he even steps on the field, thanks Steven Gerrard for the beer! If u are headed 2 Picnication bring ice! pic.twitter.com/L0pKUo9ff8
— LA Riot Squad (@LARiotSquad) July 4, 2015
Steven Gerrard has only just arrived in Los Angeles, but he’s making some very good first impressions. The paparazzi have already praised him as being “nicer than David Beckham” and now he probably has the LA Galaxy’s supporters groups thinking the same thing.
DTotD: Seattle reserve team player gives opponent two-footed kick in the crotch
Sergio Mota, a Brazilian midfielder for the Seattle Sounders’ reserve team, was sent off during his side’s 1-0 USL win against the LA Galaxy reserve team for kicking an unsuspecting opponent in the crotch with both his feet while lying on his back.
This move is frowned upon in most quarters, but Mota, who won two Brasileiro titles with Sao Paulo at the start of his career and just signed with Seattle at the end of May, was clearly far beyond caring about that.
This has been the Dirty Tackle of the Day: a chronicling of unfortunate events.
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Chris Pratt warns Steven Gerrard about the existence of the sun
With Steven Gerrard on the verge of making the move from Liverpool to Los Angeles to play in MLS, he has to prepare himself for a very different environment with very different weather. So actor Chris Pratt, star of the new Jurassic Park film, has offered the former England captain some helpful advice.