The LA Galaxy Gazette
Squad8 Mar 2027
Marco Reus signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Marco Reus commits to LA Galaxy for another 2 years.
Player ratings8 Mar 2027
Joseph Paintsil runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 22. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Boardroom8 Mar 2027
Graduation day at LA Galaxy
5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Squad8 Mar 2027
Jakob Glesnes falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Market8 Mar 2027
LA Galaxy promote George Musah from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. George Musah has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market8 Mar 2027
Tyler Reyna steps up from the LA Galaxy academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Tyler Reyna has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market8 Mar 2027
LA Galaxy promote Connor Turner from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Connor Turner has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market8 Mar 2027
John Weah steps up from the LA Galaxy academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. John Weah has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Boardroom8 Mar 2027
The ground is getting bigger
The plans are signed off at a capacity of 36069. Decisions like this are judged twenty years later, by people who were not in the room when they were taken.
In brief
- Squad LA Galaxy lose Connor Turner
- Squad John Nelson dropped after a run of poor form
- Player ratings Carlos Garcés shuts the door