LA Galaxy 1, FC Dallas 0
Saturday, July 28, 2012
FC Dallas Stadium – Frisco, Texas
Misconduct Summary:
LA – A.J. DeLaGarza (Yellow Card) 65’
LA – Marcelo Sarvas (Yellow Card) 68’
FCD – George John (Yellow Card) 89’
LA Galaxy: Josh Saunders; A.J. DeLaGarza, Omar Gonzalez, David Junior Lopes, Bryan Gaul; Sean Franklin, Juninho, Marcelo Sarvas, Hector Jimenez (Michael Stephens 78’); Mike Magee (Jose Villarreal 69’), Robbie Keane©.
FC Dallas: Kevin Hartman; Zach Loyd, Hernan Petruz, Matt Hedges (George John 46’), Jair Benitez; Daniel Hernandez© (Julian De Guzman 79’), Andrew Jacobson, Jackson, David Ferreira, Carlos Rodriguez (Fabian Castillo 46’); Scott Sealy.
Subs Not Used: Chris Seitz, James Marcelin, Victor Ulloa, Ruben Luna.
LA Galaxy head coach Bruce Arena
General thoughts on the game...
It was a good result for our team tonight, you know. We’ve played awfully well over the last month, so we’re getting ourselves in good shape, making good progress.
On playing without Beckham and Donovan:
That’s all part of it. Issues we deal with all the time, so it’s not an excuse. [FC Dallas] played the LA Galaxy tonight, so that’s whatever 11 shirts are on the field. It’s the Galaxy and you always miss players, so that’s all part of the challenge.
On the play of Robbie Keane and Mike Magee...
It was okay. Obviously, the goal was big. In the first half they were pretty dangerous. You know they did a good job. No question about it.
On the return of Omar Gonzalez and his play...
Remarkable. We thought he wouldn’t quite make it to 90 minutes, so it was a good week for him. From 65 minutes from him Tuesday against Tottenham [Hotspur] and 90 minutes tonight, so he’s well on the road to recovery.
On the team’s defensive effort...
The guys did well. We just did well. They hit a lot of crosses. And you know when we have two big centerbacks and big goalkeeper in there.. It’s a little bit easier for us when we haven’t had that situation this year. In a lot of ways those are balls that, you know that fall in our favor. It’s a good effort. [Bryan] Gaul had another good game and A.J. DeLaGarza continues to play well in midfield. [Sean] Franklin played well at right midfield and [Robbie] Keane’s leadership was critically important for us tonight.
LA Galaxy forward Mike Magee
General thoughts on the game...
It’s huge. Obviously missing [David] Beckham and Landon [Donovan] always makes it difficult and then coming into this heat on the road. You know it shows a lot and speaks volumes about the kind of team we’ve turned into the last few weeks.
On his goal...
Robbie [Keane] and I were looking to do a one-two or he was looking to do a one-two with me and the defender kind of backed off of me and I took my look.
On scoring in Dallas...
My Under-17 National Team head coach, John Ellinger, is the assistant coach here. Sometimes, when I play here I get up for the game a little bit more than I’m used to. Being that he kind of kick-started my career. Yeah, but I like scoring big goals, always.
LA Galaxy forward Robbie Keane
On playing with Mike Magee...
It was good. Mikey is a clever player. He picks up good positions and he’s easy to play with because he’s got good feet. It was a great finish on his goal.
On other missed chances...
Yeah. We had quite a few chances, unlucky a few times. We got one cleared off the line. But when you’re away from home it’s important to get the win. It’s ways nice to get the three points. I think we deserved it because we were certainly the better team.
LA Galaxy defender Omar Gonzalez
On playing the full 90 minutes...
I didn’t think I’d come back after the first half because it was so hot and I had cotton mouth the whole time, but I’m happy I did get through it. I know I was fit enough to get through it and we’d already made two subs. I knew that I was going to have to push through it and I’m happy to get through it for the team, I’m happy to get the three points and happy to get the shutout.
On playing in his home state...
I really wanted to play well here. Especially because I had so many friends and family here. They were behind me throughout the whole surgery and all the rehab. I’m happy I got to play here and do well. It was a good step and a good step in the right direction.
On the play of the defense...
We had good shape the whole game. We didn’t really sit back. We actually put a lot of pressure on them. We actually got around [David] Ferreira and we got around [Andrew] Jacobson and didn’t really allow them to do much of anything. We brought the game to them and played really good soccer.
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