John Howard

Striker - Los Angeles Football Club U20
8 Jul 2029
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Marked for John Howard

153 Edition

The Los Angeles Football Club Gazette

2 Jul 2029
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match2 Jul 2029

Los Angeles Football Club sink to position 13

15 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.

Market2 Jul 2029

Garrison Tubbs puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Los Angeles Football Club, and it is not being withdrawn.

The dugout2 Jul 2029

John Howard says Los Angeles Football Club went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Market2 Jul 2029

Igor Jesus wants more than Los Angeles Football Club are offering

“I have ambitions, and I would like the club to share them.” Nobody has asked to leave and nobody has been shown the door — but a player chooses that sentence carefully, and a boardroom hears it exactly as it was meant.

Squad2 Jul 2029

A row about effort at Los Angeles Football Club

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Nicolás Rodríguez was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Match30 Jun 2029

LA Galaxy take the points off Los Angeles Football Club

Beaten 1‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

Loan watch2 Jul 2029

Nkosi Tafari wants to come home

“I did not go to Columbus Crew to sit and watch. I want to come back to Los Angeles Football Club and fight for my place.” 4 appearances in 17 matches say the rest.

Market2 Jul 2029

Still no ink between Los Angeles Football Club and Nicolás Rodríguez

“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at Los Angeles Football Club, another week without a signature from Nicolás Rodríguez.

The dugout2 Jul 2029

The manager’s verdict

“That is on me. I pick the team and I picked wrong.” Managers say that when they mean it and when they need to be seen to, and after 1‑2 David Bradley left the room before anybody could ask which.

In brief

Back issues
136 Edition

The Los Angeles Football Club Gazette

5 Mar 2029
From our football correspondent Steady

The dugout5 Mar 2029

Garrison Tubbs says Los Angeles Football Club went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Market5 Mar 2029

Igor Jesus wants more than Los Angeles Football Club are offering

“I have ambitions, and I would like the club to share them.” Nobody has asked to leave and nobody has been shown the door — but a player chooses that sentence carefully, and a boardroom hears it exactly as it was meant.

Squad5 Mar 2029

Sergi Palencia signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Sergi Palencia and Los Angeles Football Club agree another 2 years.

Squad5 Mar 2029

A falling-out at Los Angeles Football Club

Sergi Palencia and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Boardroom5 Mar 2029

5 academy graduates step up at Los Angeles Football Club

Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.

Squad5 Mar 2029

Nicolás Rodríguez 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.

Transfer targets5 Mar 2029

Door shut on Anderson Julio

Los Angeles Football Club asked and FC Dallas said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

Squad5 Mar 2029

A passport keeps Denis Bouanga off the list

Los Angeles Football Club have more foreign players than the form allows, and he is the one without a place on it. He will train with a side he is not permitted to play for until the next window.

Market5 Mar 2029

Los Angeles Football Club promote John Howard from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. John Howard 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.

In brief