This isn’t your father’s LA Galaxy team Real Salt Lake will face on Saturday. Or maybe it is, if he’s actually a fan of the team, but still — those players you remember? They’re probably all gone. Retired. Left.
Save, of course, one of them: Giovani dos Santos. And you know what? We won’t see him at all, thanks to a timely injury. Who, then, are LA Galaxy this year? Well, let’s look.
A European core
At LA Galaxy’s core are two groups: European and American centers. You’ll know a handful of the American-based players, but largely, these are homegrown players that have come through a sneakily good academy system.