The rebuilding Galaxy is still waiting for some of its bigger pieces to arrive from Europe, but Coach Bruce Arena will get an early look at the progress of his reconstruction project just the same Saturday when his team meets former Armenian champion FC Shirak in a StubHub Center exhibition at 7 p.m.
New Galaxy defenders Jelle Van Damme and Ashley Cole aren't expected to arrive in Southern California until next week. And the Galaxy is still working on the final details of midfielder Nigel de Jong's transfer.
Then there are the players missing from a year ago, among them former U.