Sh*t on the wires

Everyone probably knows it already that former San Jose Earthquakes coach Frank Yallop has been tapped to replace Steve Sampson as the head coach of the LA Galaxy. There's been much hootin' and hollerin' about it (check out the Soccer Blogs feed site, just wade through it to find reactions on Sampson from all the other fine bloggers and for all your other delicious futbol goodness, all you want and much much more!). From the overall look of things, Sampson's departure overall was greeted with a "Don't let the screen door hit you in the ass on your way out," although D at The DCenters blog has some strong words to say about LA general manager Alexi Lalas. I haven't been in the futbol-fan game long enough to form a cognizant opinion about Lalas, but I gotta say, wow, you go D.

That lack of general knowledge also prevents me from getting too excited about Yallop. Was he the coach of the Canadian National Team when the USMNT drew with them in the friendly in January? Anyway, I look forward to the Galaxy's game tomorrow with Chivas, although I still expect Chivas to garner a win here, coaching change notwithstanding.

The other item of interest, and this almost makes me want to travel out to Salt Lake to see this royal spanking -- Real Madrid and Real Salt Lake playing in an exhibition game in August.

Oh, and check out the nifty little ticker on the right there, under the US Soccer links. Counting down to Tuesday ...