UPDATE -  Thank you to everyone who submitted their story for this one. It was not easy picking winners. I wish we could send everyone to the game. We have sent emails out to the winners, so check your inbox to see if you won. We’ll see you guys on Sunday!

The contest is now closed!!!!

Contest time. We’ve linked up with the good folks at the LA Galaxy to give away some free tickets to the second leg of the LA Galaxy v Chivas USA first round playoff series. All you need to do is leave a comment here telling us who you would take to the game and why. That’s it. See you on Sunday!

MLS playoffs, LA edition, take one. I headed down to the Home Depot Center to watch the first leg of the LA Galaxy v Chivas USA playoff series. I’m pretty sure that by now every single one of you knows the result, who scored, how this sets up the second leg on Sunday and so on. And I’m just as sure that you don’t want to read my recap of the game, we’ll leave that to the guys that are supposed to be doing that. However, hit the jump to see some images from the game. Next Sunday is going to be reeeaaallll interesting…

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from the Sun:

David Beckham {and his beard} will miss Englands high profile clash with Brazil if the LA Galaxy win their MLS play off next week, and that would wreck his chance of breaking Peter Shilton’s 125-cap record in South Africa next year.

Fabio Capello’s England fly to Qatar for a World Cup warm-up with favourites Brazil in Doha on November 14. But Becks will be occupied with his American club if Galaxy beat Los Angeles rivals Chivas USA in their MLS Cup play-off. (more…)

from the AP

LOS ANGELES — The busiest and in many ways most difficult year in Landon Donovan’s increasingly storied soccer career ultimately could be the most satisfying.

That was his judgment Tuesday after claiming an unprecedented sixth Honda Player of the Year Award given annually to the U.S. national team’s top player in a luncheon at the Biltmore Hotel in downtown Los Angeles. Donovan, 27, was instrumental in the Americans’ successful qualifying campaign for the 2010 World Cup and its trek to the Confederations Cup championship match. (more…)

The LA Galaxy visited the Houston Dynamo this afternoon and I took a couple snaps.  It was a nice 72 degree day without a cloud in the sky - perfect for futbol.

Walking around Robertson Stadium before the game I spotted some Bethlehem Steel…

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Just days after AEG Chief Executive Tim Leiweke spoke up regarding David Beckham’s possible loan return to AC Milan ahead of the 2010 World Cup, AC Milan Vice President Adriano Galliani has had his say in the matter.

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We haven’t heard much over the past couple of months about David Beckham X AC Milan with the Los Angeles Galaxy sitting atop the Western Conference.  But with the off season approaching quickly and the type of quick fire questions from the world media that AEG Chief Executive Tim Leiweke should expect to face, one starts to wonder how this will all play out with the World Cup just around the corner and Fabio Capello’s insistance on his squad members playing regularly / at the highest level.

Who better than Mr. Leiweke to explain his stance the second time around….

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David Beckham is in talks with the Galaxy about going to AC Milan on another loan and then returning to Los Angeles afterward.

“That deal I think hasn’t been fully finalized yet, but I know he is interested in going to Milan and he’s in conversation with the L.A. Galaxy about doing a loan again and discussing coming back,” Major League Soccer commissioner Don Garber told The Associated Press. “But those discussions are ongoing and haven’t really been concluded yet. David has been an important part of the history of Major League Soccer and we’d love to have him continue his commitment to the league.” (more…)