Some good news for Galaxy fans: Jürgen Klinsmann is reportedly linked to the Galaxy’s head coaching job (source). If management decides to give Frank Yallop the boot, the former German international will be at the helm. Frank is a nice guy and probably a great players’ coach, but results and position in the tables (sorry… standings) are where it counts. Alexi Lalas shouldn’t be going around giving his full support to Yallop and blaming scheduling woes for poor performances; he should be flaming his head coach and letting him know that his job is in serious danger unless things start to improve quickly. Maybe this is all going on behind the scenes, but I doubt it, given Alexi’s tendency to be overly optimistic and full of himself.

Supposedly Lalas’s job is in danger as well, which should also be good news for the faithful. Sure, the schedule has been tough the last month or so, but we all know this. Good GM’s do not make excuses; they make promises. The great ones keep their promises. Alexi has done neither of the two, and it’s time for him to move on to other things.

A more likely scenario is this: Lalas and Yallop both keep their jobs, the Galaxy sneak into 8th place, win the MLS cup, and the coattails are ridden for another two years. Honestly, maybe what this franchise (grrr) needs is a cataclysmic failure, which they’re on pace to do at the moment. Maybe everything needs to go utterly amiss in order for the proper changes to be made. I think this would definitely apply to the U.S. Men’s National Team as well. More on that some other time…

Oh, and Wednesday’s SuperLiga final will have a grand total of 12,500 fans in attendance. The Galaxy decided to cap the amount of tickets sold since Cal State Dominguez Hills has just started their first semester. This tournament is supposed to be the American version of the Champions League (haHA) and we cap the attendance at an amount that is about 1/8th the size of Nou Camp in Spain or Wembley in England. Good riddance.

The main reason for this move is supposedly “to ease parking problems”. I’d like to write a letter to the HDC and the Galaxy and let them know what “parking problems” are: it’s paying 20 DOLLARS to park your car half a mile away from the stadium (this happened to me at the semifinal against DC United). Parking is less expensive at the Honda Center, Rose Bowl, Hollywood Bowl, Qualcomm Stadium, and even STAPLES CENTER (there are $15 lots), and those venues house events that aren’t desperate for attendees. I’d also like to meet someone who has paid the $50 for HDC valet service. Victoriaaaaaa.

So instead of a bitter weekend clash between two teams from rival leagues in rival countries, we get a Wednesday evening injury-fest essentially played behind closed doors. Why can’t they just limit the amount of parking? Give out 7,000 or so parking passes, and only offer parking to patrons with these passes. They do this in England all the time; many tickets are sold only if the ticketholder agrees to utilize public transportation to get to the venue. I know that transit is more limited here, but my guess is that a good number of people would be willing to carpool or figure out a way to combine Metrolink and buses.

Or… could they at least give the remaining seats to the students? Just fill that place up somehow!