Well I’m spent

Disclaimer: I’m really just biding my time, waiting for Dick Advocaat’s big special splendiferous announcement and the preparations for the Nigeria friendly to kick into gear, so I apologize ahead of time for the fluff…

Ok, I’m focusing on MLS for a minute but *I swear* what I’m writing about is related to this blog’s subject matter. Anyhooo… with my Baby Chivas entering the postseason on top of the western table, The Los Angeles Galaxy say goodbye to 2007 today as Chicago knocked them out of that last coveted playoff spot. Oh, and on a personal note, this MLS season is shaping up to be more dramatic than the average telenovela, so I really don’t know how the powers that be are going to top it in 2008. But the point I’m getting at here is this: its not 2008 yet and now that the Gals suddenly have a lot of time on their hands, they will hopefully spend much of it getting ready for their exciting, action-packed, and thrilling friendlies coming up against Sydney and Wellington at the end of November. Well, ok, first things first. Yes, Mr. Beckham should be all better by then and despite his concerns in his official blog that “it’ll be a challenge to get back into the starting eleven,” I feel pretty confident that he’ll rise to the occasion to once again be the numero uno hombre for the Gals’ central midfield even if his time there was pretty short to begin with. Now I don’t really know what kind of promotional stuff Australia and/or New Zealand have planned around the games, but if its talk show spots, I’m throwing my two cents in for Joe Cannon and Ante Jazic on Rove or perhaps US soccer legend Cobi Jones talking about his experiences returning home to play in the inagural MLS season with socceroo John Aloisi (oooh, if either of these happen, someone please post youtube clips). Or, if Cobi decides retirement is more important than a free trip to Oz, Landon Donovan will also be available to discuss his experiences returning to MLS from the Bundesliga (but be prepared for most of the chat to focus on how much he missed In N Out burger). On another personal note, I’m actually a little bummed former Galaxy member Michael Enfield is out for the season at Sydney since I always enjoy matches a little bit more when I think players have personal vendettas. Also, I think that maybey possibly, coach Yallop might take these friendlies as an opportunity to re-acclimate star defender Chris Albright who’s been out for most of the season with a pretty bad injury. I think most everyone in the world will just recognize Albright as that guy who was sitting in the luxury box next to Beckham during the MLS season. Well, even if these games are just friendlies, I do think they’ll be thrilling, but please don’t think the results justify any arguments for or against The A-League being superior to MLS. Just as Sydney and Wellington sit now, the Gals spent much of the season perched in the middle to the bottom of the table standings. But unlike Sydney and Wellington, the Gals season is over and the suits upstairs may be a little too focused on figuring out which players get officially canned and which players get left unprotected during the looming San Jose Earthquakes expansion draft. But if there’s one thing I’ve got to say about the 2007 Los Angeles Galaxy, they certainly gave it their all on the pitch so expect to see two passionate games.