The Los Angeles Galaxy will welcome South American powerhouse Boca Juniors to the Home Depot Center on May 23rd.
The match is expected to showcase some of the top South American talent that will not be included in World Cup squads, particularly Argentine legends Juan Roman Riquelme and Martin Palermo. Boca is currently 15th in the Argentine Clausura.
The match is scheduled for a 5 pm PST kick off on Sunday, May 23rd. Tickets go on sale on Friday.
I hope they bring their cheerleaders
la a better team?! hahahahaha. just w/ the depth there is in boca would be enough to beat la. i’m pretty sure palermo is going to the wc.
palermo wont be there. he’ll be trying to make argentina’s world cup squad. word is that maradona and riquelme are patching things up, so juan roman might not make it either.
No way in the world Donovan plays in this. The U.S. plays Czech Republic in a pre-World Cup friendly 2 days after
I agree. Even if Boca took this game seriously, which they won’t, the Galaxy are a better team.
Yeah, calling them a South American powerhouse after the season they’ve going through is so far off the mark it isn’t funny.
There is conjecture in the L.A. Times after the announcement that Beckham will miss the MLS season (and maybe the playoffs) that the Galaxy may be shopping for another DP. This is not to replace Beckham, who has a contract until 2011, but to replace Donovan, whom is speculated will be sold to Everton. Big names mentioned included Raul and Ronaldihno, but it seems that the Galaxy would get a glimpse of a far better player in Riquelme when Boca Jrs play at the HDC. Are they Sizeing him up for a Galaxy kit?
Poor Boca, terrible season to say the least.
This is a great match up..what would make it even better is if Galaxy played Boca Juniors in Argentina at their stadium….that would be even better
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I hope some MLS executive keeps Riquelme around. Don’t really care what team he ends up at. Just want to see some top talent in the league. DC United would be my preference but it doesn’t really matter.
Ug. Keep Donovan out of this one please.
Except for the stars.
Riquelme to NYRB. That would be sweet.
you’re joking but they probably are. they are sucking massive orbs right now, but then again, the galaxy will be missing the Don and probably Buddle and maybe one or two other guys. Boca is an incredibly overrated team anyways.
Boca’s are going to get a beat down 🙂
Wow, those logo’s are strikingly similar.
Argentina does relegation similar to Mexico. In Argentina relegation takes into account the last 3 years, thereby created a system where it is very hard for the big clubs to get relegated. More details here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primera_Divisi%C3%B3n_Argentina#Relegation_and_promotion
15th?
if boca got relegated… would the world end?
Awesome. Any chance to boo the Galaxy, I’m there. Any chance to catch Palermo and Riquelmeplay , I’m there.