The winds of change are gusting for the Los Angeles Sol. The team is being sold by Anschutz Entertainment Group, which also operates the Galaxy, to a group of local investors. The pending sale, which the league says could be done by the coming week, comes as no surprise. The Sol reportedly lost around $2 million last year and AEG had always said that their involvement with the Sol and WPS was temporary. While it is unsettling for the league, the Sol and its fans, these changes could serve the team very well in the long run.

Just as it had in the semifinal return leg against Chivas, the winning goal of the Western Conference finals originated with David Beckham. This time, the play occurred in extra time after English midfielder lofted a freekick into the Houston Dynamo penalty box. Along with the high drama and competitive play, the game will likely be remembered for power outages that interrupted play on two separate occasions.

Sunday’s MLS playoff results set up a showdown between the Galaxy and Houston, old acquaintances from when the Dynamo were the San Jose Earthquakes. The match takes place Friday at the Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif.

Always expect the unexpected when it comes to the Superclasico.

Only two goals were scored in the three regular season meetings between Chivas USA and the Los Angeles Galaxy (both by the Galaxy), but in the first leg of the first round playoff matchup between the two Home Depot Center tenants, both teams found the [...]

The LA Galaxy clinched Major League Soccer’s Western Conference title with a 2-0 win over the San Jose Earthquakes at the Home Depot Center on Saturday night. A Quakes own goal put L.A. up in the first half before Landon Donovan gave the match its kiss of death with the deciding goal on 77 minutes.

Landon Donovan’s goal just before halftime was all the LA Galaxy needed to hold off the Chicago Fire 1-0 Friday night at the Home Depot Center. The victory puts the Galaxy in first place in the Western Conference and all but wraps up the team’s first playoff berth since 2005–and first since a certain English midfielder joined its ranks two seasons ago.

For the Los Angeles Galaxy (10-6-11, 41 points), this weekend’s home match with the Chicago Fire is a chance to break a playoff drought that has spanned since the team’s unlikely run to the MLS Cup in 2005.

One week after they completely fell apart in a 6-3 loss to FC Dallas, the Los Angeles Galaxy successfully regrouped, as a couple changes to the lineup, coupled with goals from David Beckham and Edson Buddle allowed the Galaxy to bounce back from last week’s brutal loss with a 2-0 win over Toronto FC at the Home Depot Center.

The Galaxy (9-5-11, 38 points) are coming off the worst loss in franchise history a week ago, when they were routed 6-2 by FC Dallas. This Saturday’s match against Toronto FC is crucial for the playoff chase.

A chance to leap into the top of Major League Soccer and further solidify its playoff positioning went down in spectacular fashion on Saturday night, as FC Dallas lit up the second half with four goals, turning a 2-2 halftime draw into a 6-3 rout at the Home Depot Center. “A poor performance and an embarrassing performance, but a fair result,” Galaxy head coach Bruce Arena said. “We were awful from opening kickoff and deserved everything we got.”