Friday night at the Home Depot Center was definitely one of the most interesting soccer games I have been to. As you all know, there were two blackouts that caused serious delays for the game. Its’ not something you see a whole lot in professional sports, although I heard some people in the stadium talking about how it happens at baseball games sometimes. I will tell you this, we saw quite a few people in suits running around frantically in the dark.

All in all it was a great night for soccer. The conditions were perfect, the crowd was festive and we were able to catch up with a lot of friends as well as be present for a memorable night in MLS history.

Hit the jump for some more pics from the night.

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Gregg Berhalter and Landon Donovan scored in overtime to put the Galaxy into MLS Cup final with a 2-0 victory over the Houston Dynamo on Friday night.

The Galaxy will play in their first MLS Cup final since 2005 in Seattle on Nov. 22 against the winner of Saturday’s Eastern Conference final match between Chicago and Real Salt Lake.Los Angeles will make its sixth MLS Cup final appearance since the league began in 1996. The Galaxy won the MLS championships in 2002 and 2005.

Crazy night in Carson with the late kickoff, two blackouts, added time and a game that ended at almost midnight west coast time.

UPDATE - The contest closes on Thursday November 12 so make sure you get your response in quick!

LA Galaxy playoff ticket giveaway take two! We’ve partnered once again with our friends at the LA Galaxy to give away some tickets to this Friday night’s Western Conference Finals against the Houston Dynamo. The winner of this game goes to MLS Cup, so you know this is going to be a great one. Leave a comment about why you should win the tickets. Winners will be announced on Thursday.

Friday night at the Home Depot Center watching both teams go all out to reach MLS Cup should be an epic night. See you guys there!

And hit the jump to see some pictures that winners of the tickets from the last game sent us.

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Always interesting to hear Landon’s take on the game and the breakdown of how things opened up for he and his teammates on Sunday night.

David Beckham’s reaction after the jump……

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Game two of the LA Galaxy v Chivas USA playoff series took place tonight at the Home Depot Center, so isps and I headed down to take in the action, snaps some photos and link up with some winners from the contest we held with the LA Galaxy. The atmosphere was on point and it was an absolutely perfect night for the beautiful game. Not long after Landon converted the penalty for the game winner, this little dude was in full celebration mode and he was more than happy to show us his love for the Galaxy. He was fully kitted out, had the hand drawn sign of support and even a Galaxy wig. This cat captured the essence of what the sport is about and he gives me great hope for the next generation of soccer fans in the US. With youngsters like this having this kind of passion for the sport, I know that our sport is in good hands. Talk about representing!  Thanks again to the good folks at the LA Galaxy for partnering with us to give away tickets. Hit the jump for some more images from tonights game…

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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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