Ted's Polish-Mexican Page: Alexi Lalas: Ruler of the Galaxy

19 kwietnia 2006

Alexi Lalas: Ruler of the Galaxy

Credit to Thomas Moring, a former Tucson political hack who is now an attorney in Phoenix (a lateral move, at best), for the title.

Yes, Alexi Lalas, the formerly goateed Revolution player is now going to be the general manager for the hated Los Angeles Galaxy. The talk was that the new management team for the New York Red Bulls probably wanted to bring in their own people, so Lalas got out while he could. There has been enough written about this from people who actually get paid to write about such things. Besides, y'all complain when I write about soccer anyhow.

But, here are two things I find funny:

As General Manager for the MetroStars, Lalas fired coach Bob Bradley (not unusual for a coach from that team, they are like Spinal Tap drummers). Bradley is now coach of the Galaxy's in-city rivals, CD Chivas USA.
In 1998, Lalas was part of a US National team player revolt that led to the ouster of coach Steve Sampson. Sampson is now coach of the Galaxy, so Lalas is now his boss.