The Los Angeles Galaxy, MLS champion title, was eliminated in the first round of the playoffs against Seattle (2-3) Wednesday night. The California team, crowned champion three times in the previous four seasons, bowed on a goal scored in the 73rd minute by Sweden’s Erik Friberg. Clint Dempsey (3e) and Nelson Valdez (12e) had previously marked in Seattle, while the LA Galaxy equalized twice by Lletget (6e) and Zardes (22e). The elimination of the LA Galaxy, who recruited the former England this season and former Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard is not a surprise: the old team of David Beckham has experienced a catastrophic end of regular season with a only victory in the last seven days.
In the next round, will face Seattle in Vancouver, who finished in second place in the Western Conference and thus had got a bye. In the other match of the 1st round played Wednesday, DC United has dominated the New England Revolution (2-1). This is Rolfes, who had missed a penalty a few minutes earlier, which gave victory to DC United (83). The shock of Thursday 1st round oppose Montreal and Toronto and their respective strikers Didier Drogba and Sebastian Giovinco. Since his arrival in MLS this summer, the former captain of the Ivory Coast scored eleven goals in eleven games while the Italian international was top scorer (22 goals) and most assists (16) of the regular season .
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