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Major League Soccer final

Los Angeles 1-0 New England AET
LA: Ramirez 107
Att: 21,193

As the baseball player Yogi Berra once said, "It's like deja vu all over again." In a rematch of their 2002 MLS final, LA defeats New England 1-0 in extra time. And what an unlikely hero: Gullermo "Pando" Ramirez scores after posting one of the worst goals-to-shots ratio ever seen in MLS. His totals for the regular season: 62 shots, 30 shots on target.....1 goal. In capturing their 2nd MLS title, Los Angeles become the 3rd MLS team ever to do the double, the first since the 1998 Chicago Fire.

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Originally posted by Peter Henchey:
Good on ye Steve Sampson.

Galaxy supporters are now stuck with him for at least 18 months.

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I wouldn't take Riley for the Timbers and Ralston is basically Mr. Invisible.

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Damn you Pando, DAMN YOU!

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So where's a good place to read an end-of-season review?

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Decade later, MLS is alive and well (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)

Narcelona eyes MLS expansion (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)

Barca plan American expansion (Sky Sports)

Shear delight for Sampson (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)

Galaxy is the biggest fish again (Los Angeles Times)

Their cups runneth over (Los Angeles Daily News)

Herculez's goal is just to win (Las Vegas Sun)

Ramirez finds redemption (ESPN Soccernet)

Unlikely hero lifts Galaxy (North Jersey Media Group)

West Texans get a kick out of match (Odessa American)

Toronto gets conditional approval for MLS team (Globe and Mail)

MLS puts Frisco in spotlight (Dallas Morning News)

This defeat has a familiar sting (Boston Globe)

A painful loss in more ways than one (Boston Globe)

Revs' title dreams end in championship game (Boston Herald)

All's not lost despite loss (Boston Herald)

Twellman, offense take early vacation (Boston Herald)

Long season takes toll on Revolution (Dallas Morning News)

FCD wants a Cup win (Dallas Morning News)

Cuddy: MLS Cup X a desperately poor affair (Soccer 365)

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Originally posted by Jason the Yank:
<BLOCKQUOTE>Originally posted by Peter Henchey:
Good on ye Steve Sampson.

Galaxy supporters are now stuck with him for at least 18 months. </BLOCKQUOTE>

If it means winning titles every season then so be it!

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Originally posted by Gav Stone:
So where's a good place to read an end-of-season review?

Dunno, haven't seen any yet.

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The FINAL OTF MLS playoff predictions league table:

<pre class="ip-ubbcode-code-pre">WPCRCSPTSFurtherseemsforever3215PMLF45--5Jason the Yank44--4Gav Stone1--13Peter Henchey12--2Ballzy BiH22--2Gambit22--2Mookie11--1</pre>

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Dang, wish I had got in this earlier.

So Jason, what do you reckon to this lot of rumours I have heard:

Nicol to leave the Revs;
Johnson to be sold in January (golf clubs included);
San Jose and KC to stay put...