The Irishman collected two goals and two assists in a blowout win over New York City, pushing his totals to 15 goals and seven assists on the season.
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New York City FC started out the match the aggressor, dominating possession and opportunities in the match’s first 20 minutes.
Gyasi Zardes was quick to praise Keane for the cross he received.
Keane then struck the crossbar with a powerful strike after Saunders dropped Sebastian Lletget’s corner.
Keane made it 2-0 when he scored in the 54th.
Gerrard has been pleasantly surprised by the standard in the US and believes a fully-strength Galaxy would be a match for the majority of Premier League sides.
This is undoubtedly great news for the New York faithful who have waited so long to see the Englishman in full flow.
The Eastern side did have the better of the opening exchanges, though, with Andrea Pirlo and Villa linking up well, as the Spaniard registered some early efforts on goal.
In the 36 minute, the Los Angeles Galaxy drew first blood. Lletget controlled Ricketts’ goal kick on the left side and back heeled the ball to an overlapping Robbie Rogers.
With options to choose from, Giovani dos Santos passed to Robbie Keane streaking inside the box, and he looped a finish over the helpless Saunders.
Call that the “Dos Santos Rule” as it allowed the Galaxy to acquire the Mexican worldwide in a $34-million deal, the richest in franchise history.
Who ya got? Those three, or David Villa, Frank Lampard, and Kwadwo Poku?
Substitutions not used: Brian Rowe, Tommy Meyer, Mika Vayrynen, Ignacio Maganto, Alan Gordon.
Substitutions not used: Jefferson Mena, Chris Wingert, Pablo Alvarez, Ryan Meara. “I know my teammates better every day and I’m working hard and we’re having fun and that’s good for the team”.
“He’s really close to playing but this is not the one to throw him in for”. Unfortunately, it hasn’t quite gone to plan yet. When the game’s over we become friends again.
“No disrespect to probably Manchester United and Arsenal, I think they will be there and thereabouts as well, but I think Chelsea and Man City have the best squads”. For the sake of the MLS fans, hopefully these powerful words will be the final push to help convince superstars from around the world to join in on the league that they are so passionate about.
The combination of L.A.’s extraordinary habit of putting the ball in the net and NYC’s unfortunate knack for letting teams score at will does not bode well for NYCFC ahead of Sunday’s match. Today’s game takes place from the StubHub Center in Los Angeles and has a scheduled start time of 3 p.m. ET.
It doesn’t matter if you have the best Designated Players if you can’t find players on medium-sized contracts to make a difference. We were playing well and nearly scored a goal but them we stopped doing what we were doing. They’re both incomplete teams that aren’t going to be competing for championships for the foreseeable future. “But we understand it”. “We had gamers coming in at totally different ages, however now you are seeing extra”. Obviously we didn’t expect to lose this way. “We were a little bit disorganized and they took care of their chances, great stuff from them”.
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“I’ll look forward actually to going back to Chelsea”.
