Weekly Update: Race heats up
Galaxy look to break through at home vs. Real Salt Lake
Galaxy Injury Report
OUT - Charles Alamo (L knee), Steve Cronin (R hand), Joe Franchino (R ankle), Michael Gavin (R foot)
DOUBTFUL - None
QUESTIONABLE - MF Alvaro Pires (R groin)
PROBABLE - None
Steve Cronin suffered a right hand fracture in Saturday night's match against New England and is expected to miss 4-6 weeks.
Galaxy Team Notes
TEN STRAIGHT: With the 2-2 draw in New England on Saturday, the Galaxy's winless streak stretched to 10 games, tying the club record for the longest winless streak ever. Since their last win on June 14 at San Jose, the Galaxy are 0-5-5 and have been outscored 24-14 in that stretch, allowing two or more goals in eight of those 10 games.
A loss or draw with Real Salt Lake on Saturday will see the Galaxy set a new club record for the longest winless streak, breaking the former mark of 10 straight games, which was set between May 6 and June 24 during the 2006 season. The Galaxy went 10 straight matches without a win, going 0-8-2 while being shutout six times.
WICKS MAKES DEBUT: Goalkeeper Josh Wicks made his MLS debut on Saturday night when he replaced the injured Steve Cronin at halftime of the 2-2 draw with New England. The 24-year old former USL First Division Goalkeeper of the Year made three saves and allowed just one goal in his time on the field. A graduate of Cal State Bakersfield, Wicks spent his first three years as a pro in the USL First Division with the Vancouver Whitecaps and Portland Timbers before signing with the Galaxy in March.
With Cronin and Charles Alamo both listed on the Galaxy injury report, Wicks is the only healthy goalkeeper on the roster. As a result, the Galaxy will call up League pool goalkeeper Mike Graczyk for Saturday's game against Real Salt Lake.
THREE BACK FROM PORTLAND: Bruce Arena has recalled three players from their loan assignments with the Portland Timbers of the USL First Division for a week's worth of training. Vardan Adzemian, Scott Bolkan and Bryan Jordan were on season-long loan agreements with the Timbers after signing with the Galaxy earlier this season. Jordan is the only one of the three to have played, for either the Galaxy or Timbers, appearing in one game for the Galaxy and nine games with Portland.
Their status for both Portland's game on Thursday night against Miami and LA's home game with Real Salt Lake on Saturday will be decided later in the week.
GOLF WITH THE LA GALAXY!: Save the date for the LA Galaxy Foundation's annual Day on the Links golf tournament on Monday, October 20th at Industry Hills Golf Club at Pacific Palms Resort. LA Galaxy players, coaching staff and TV personalities will tee off at 11am on the Eisenhower Course. For more information or to register, please call Gloria King at 310.630.2222 or visit the community section of the Galaxy website.
DON'T MISS GALAXY DEPORTIVO EVERY WEEKEND: Galaxy Deportivo, the Galaxy's official weekly half hour show, is back for another year and can now be seen every weekend on two different stations. The show will first air on KWHY-22 every Saturday night at 6 p.m. with a series of features and interviews that provide insight into the weekend's game. Then on Sunday morning, Galaxy Deportivo will air again, this time on Telemundo-52 at noon with the same in depth access, as well as highlights from Saturday night's match.
For the third straight year, Alejandro Navarro and Elmer Polanco will serve as hosts for the show, giving viewers an unprecedented level of access and insight to the 2008 Galaxy team.
PURO GALAXY HITS ESPN DEPORTES RADIO: ESPN Deportes Radio KWKW 1330 AM, the Galaxy's official Spanish language radio partner, is the place for all of your Galaxy news and information. The best place to get that information is on Puro Galaxy, the network's weekly, hour-long show that can tell you all you need to know and more about the Galaxy, airs every Saturday from 2-3 p.m., just in time to get you ready for the Galaxy's game on the weekend.
Rolando Gonzalez, who serves as the play-by-play voice of the Galaxy on broadcasts on KWKW, is the host of Puro Galaxy, and he will be joined by his fellow broadcasters and a series of special guests. So tune in each and every week and stay up to date with everything that is going on in the Galaxy.
MEDIA PARKING AT TRAINING: All media members are asked to enter through Gate D, off Victoria Blvd., and to park in Lot 17 when attending Galaxy training sessions. Members of the media who park in Lot 6 during training sessions may be ticketed now that school is in session at California State University - Dominguez Hills.
