What Ails the Galaxy?

As it turns out, I wasn't the only one caught off-guard by the Los Angeles Galaxy's loss this weekend to the Houston Dynamo. Not only do I join an impressive listing of Southern California newspapers (LINK and LINK and LINK), but the players can't explain it either.

Yet another article contains the best copy on the subject - not to mention a plausible answer the question posed in the subject field. First, Landon Donovan's kicked in a good quote:

"I'm still trying to figure out how we lost that game. That's the best we've played in a couple of months. They didn't sniff the goal and somehow got two. (Houston coach) Dominick (Kinnear) told me that's the worst they've played in a month, and that's the best we played. That's soccer, a funny game."


Yes. That is soccer. And that's why we watch. Good stuff.

But here's the most telling part of any article I've read so far:

"Galaxy defender Tyrone Marshall said he had a bad feeling as the game progressed."

"'I could tell the way the game was going that it was only a matter of time before something was going to go wrong,' he said. 'It did on our part. That's how the game goes sometimes.'"


Has this guy never heard of self-fulfilling prophecies? You play uptight and worry about mistakes, they'll come sure as night follows day.

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