Posted on 05/24/2007 10:00:11 AM PDT by the scotsman
CARSON, Calif. (AP) -Kris Boyd scored in the 56th minute to give Glasgow Rangers a 1-0 victory over the Los Angeles Galaxy in a soccer friendly Wednesday.
Chris Burke passed from the right edge of the penalty area to Alan Hutton, who found Boyd from the right flank. Boyd, who led the Scottish Premier League with 20 goals, beat his defender and scored from 13 meters.
"They held the ball in spots and got us running a little bit,'' said Galaxy defender Tyrone Marshall. "When we get back to (Major League Soccer), we can use that to our advantage in terms of how we play.''
The Galaxy had its best chance to score in the 17th minute. Santino Quaranta intercepted Hutton's back pass and started off on a breakaway, but goalkeeper Allan McGregor made a sliding tackle to deflect the ball.
McGregor also dived to parry Nathan Sturgis' shot with both hands in the 68th minute.
The game was the first of a heavy exhibition schedule against international opponents for the Galaxy, who later this season will be joined by former England captain David Beckham.'
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What is this soccer? Is it a food of your people?
What is this “soccer” people talk about?
The part that is truly news: they game was settled by playing soccer, and not the scissors, paper, stone nonsense that ends so many matches.
LOL, I’m too slow!
I wish I was walking along Copland Road right now.
Game highlights:
http://media.putfile.com/LA-Galaxy-v-Rangers-—1st-Half
http://media.putfile.com/LA-Galaxy-v-Rangers-—2nd-Half
http://media.putfile.com/Boyd-goal-v-Galaxy
Keep in mind this is soccer in California. A game generally played by children with little interest by adult natives.
BTW “Football rules” - “Soccer sucks”
You know, that game the rest of the world plays that you don’t. lol.
We love the superbowl though!
Mate,you would probably enjoy the version played in Scotland and Britain.
Fast paced and exciting with much less of the diving and petulance of the European game.Perhaps not as skilful but more watchable...
No today...lol.Miserable weather.
More a Govan Stand man myself.....lol
Bloody marvelous!
It’s a sport without TV commercials. Perhaps that’s why you don’t know about it.
All 17 people in the stands were thrilled...
How can you have HIGHLIGHTS of a 1-0 succer game???!!!
Mate,we know you dont like ‘soccer’. And thats fine.
So stop posting your silly comments please.I hate baseball but dont feel the need to ridicule the sport.
p.s the attendance was over 15,000 in fact.Rangers play in Scotland to an average of 50,000.
Wow, what a surpise. A 1-0 game.
You find soccer as boring as I find the snooze-fest called baseball...
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