Major League Soccer

Dodger Stadium to Host -- Gasp! -- Soccer?

Walter O'Malley, who moved the Dodgers from Brooklyn to Los Angeles in time for the 1958 season, might be turning in his grave. He helped develop Dodger Stadium, and it was one of Major League Baseball's premier venues when it opened in 1962. It still is. But, over the years, the American sports sc ... More >>

Omar Gonzalez: The Galaxy Defender

One of the fascinating Angelenos featured in L.A. Weekly's People 2013 issue. Check out our entire People 2013 issue here.Jan. 7, 2012: Los Angeles Galaxy defender Omar Gonzalez was in an airport bathroom in Belek, Turkey, injecting himself with a blood thinner. He'd arrived in Belek two days before ... More >>

Dodgers, NFL Talk Football At Chavez Ravine

Despite big plans and grid-iron dreams in downtown Los Angeles, the NFL has held talks with the new owners of Dodger Stadium about hosting football there in the future. That according to SportsBusiness Daily, which says that, after no teams expressed interest in moving to the nation's second-larges ... More >>

End It Like Beckham: L.A. Galaxy Won the Championship, But Is Major League Soccer a Retirement League?

Is Major League Soccer the league where great players go to retire? That's the question that arose Saturday afternoon before the league final between the L.A. Galaxy and Houston Dynamo, a rematch of last year's final. The Galaxy beat its opponents 3-1 for its first back-to-back Cup win in its histor ... More >>

L.A. Galaxy Has David Beckham. Chivas USA Has Rabid Fans. Who Will Win the Battle of L.A.?

See also: Don't Call Them Hooligans: Meet Ultras, L.A.'s Major League Soccer Superfans Ten minutes into the second half at Home Depot Center on this Saturday night, the P.A. booms "¡Arriba las Chivas!" so loud the ushers flinch. The grito over the loudspeakers whips up the sold-out house of 18,800 ... More >>

Don't Call Them Hooligans: Meet Ultras, L.A.'s Major League Soccer Superfans

There are two groups of soccer "types" everyone is familiar with. There's the "soccer mom," scooting across town in her minivan with her 2.5 children, and the "hooligan," a soccer fan whose sole purpose in life is to beat the living shit out of anyone who doesn't support his favorite team. There is ... More >>

Top 10 Bars With the Hottest Women in L.A.

Quantifying the best of anything is a dicey endeavor. Whether it be dive bars or gay bars or strip clubs, the best places for you will of course depend on your taste. (Many of these lists will be available via the Weekly's new "best of" mobile app, by the way). When we wrote about the "10 Bars Most ... More >>

The Best of SXSW Music: Saturday 3/17/2012

So, we come to it: the end of all things. Four days of madness, Doritos, Skrillex and finally, St. Patrick's Day. Before we bid SXSW 2012 farewell, allow us to share our favorite moments from SXSW day four. Later, we'll let you know which shows weren't so hot. Find our favorites below, and if there ... More >>

Kosha Dillz: He Raps New Year's Eve at the Viper Room With Dirt Nasty

See also: What To Do This New Year's Eve Kosha Dillz will have much to celebrate when he takes the stage at the Viper Room on Saturday night, on a bill with Dirt Nasty. In 2011 the New Jersey-bred rapper -- who now lives in Los Angeles -- did everything from performing on Yo Gabba Gabba! to collabo ... More >>

5 Artsy Things to Do This Week: From MOCA's Controversial Gala to Christmas in Chinatown

Courtesy Cirrus GalleryDoug Edge's Pure Air Hope Chest, made of cast resin in 1971​ Like summer group shows, holiday group shows are hit-and-miss. But two good ones are up right now, one in Inglewood and one downtown, and both mix barely heard-of artists with those who have been around. 5. M ... More >>

Green Lantern: First Flight Roller Coaster at Six Flags Magic Mountain, the LA Weekly Review: In Hottest Day, The Wackest Flight

PR NEWSWIREIn Briefest Flight​ Just in time for July 4, Six Flags Magic Mountain has opened their record-breaking 18th roller coaster in the serpentine form of Green Lantern: First Flight. Inspired by the animated direct-to-DVD movie that dares to offer more than just Ryan Reynolds and Blake L ... More >>

Richard Zaldivar: The Man Behind the Wall

Dan Schuette: Riot Squad's Bawdy "Shooter"

William and Kate, Royal Couple, Plan Visit to Hollywood This Summer

New York PostWills and Kate to do L.A.?​It's official! Updated after the jump with the royal couple's dates of stay. Paparazzi alert! Y'all can take a break from heckling Paris Hilton and her belligerent stalkers for a couple days this summer, because brand-spankin'-new royal couple Prince Wi ... More >>

Punk Singer Steve Ignorant (Finally) Brings Crass to America: Interview

photo by Damon Allen DavisonSteve Ignorant and band​ Crass, the commune-living, hippie anarchist punks whose DIY way of recording and promoting had as much an impact on the genre as their brand of boot-in-your face hardcore, disbanded more than 25 years ago, having never toured the U.S. beyond ... More >>

"I Told You to Stop Talking about Your Mom": Wonderfully Strange Practice Conversations for ESL Students

​ Each Monday, your Crap Archivist brings you the finest in forgotten and bewildering crap culled from basements, thrift stores, estate sales and flea markets around Los Angeles. 3030 English Author:Ji-wan Kim Date: 2008 Publisher: Gimm-Young, Korea Discovered at: Goodwill, 11726 ... More >>

David Beckham's Customized Porsche For Sale In L.A.

Chequered FlagDavid Beckham's onetime ride.​For sale: One very hot Porsche Turbo Cabriolet ... with hooker stains. We kid! Don't hit us David Beckham. But seriously, stains or not, this matte black 2008 rear-engined marvel with custom number "23" accents -- the player's L.A. Galaxy digits -- ... More >>

Four Loko Banned In New York City (What A Bunch Of Squares)

Ellie Bragg via The Daily Tar HeelNorth Carolina is now officially less shitty than New York​One by one, all the weak states are banishing Four Lokos -- those scary-tall $2-odd cans disguised in camo; part energy drink, part alcohol -- from their every last convenience aisle. The latest to ca ... More >>

(Video) David Beckham Gets Bent Out Of Shape When Los Angeles Galaxy Fan Tells Him To 'Stop With The Prostitutes'

David Beckham.​Sometime Los Angeles resident David Beckham got a little bent out of shape over a fan's comments at an L.A. Galaxy game over the weekend after a man yelled that the soccer star should "stop with the prostitutes." What prostitutes, you ask? Beckham on Friday filed suit against I ... More >>

Web Surfing: A Roundup of News from L.A. Food Blogs & Beyond

-- Silver Lake's wild yeast man, breadmaker Mark Stambler. [Eating L.A.] -- So much for David Beckham and Gordon Ramsay opening a pub in L.A. Hey, what's Diego Maradona up to these days? [Grub Street] -- Mooi in Echo Park to host Community Supported Agriculture on Tuesdays. [Daily Dish] -- Are ... More >>

David Beckham's Personal World Cup: Pot Noodles

David Beckham, the English soccer star, LA Galaxy midfielder and friend of Gordon Ramsay, may not be playing in next month's highly anticipated FIFA World Cup -- he ruptured his achilles in March -- but he'll be honored with a cup of his very own on the occasion. A cup of noodles, actually. Britis ... More >>

Most Popular Soccer Squad In U.S. Is Team Mexico?

​What's the most popular soccer team in the United States? The New York Times says it's El Tricolor a.k.a. the Mexican national squad. Huh? In the land of Palin-favorin' soccer moms? Guess so. And the paper says more women are attending team Mexico events in the U.S., too. A breakthrough mome ... More >>

Boos Hound: David Beckham Ejected from Game

David Beckham gets boos the old-fashioned way -- he earns them. While some local L.A. Galaxy fans may go overboard in their heckling of the star midfielder for wanting to get out of his L.A. contract and play for AC Milan, Saturday Beckham gave everyone cause for alarm when he applied a dangerous, " ... More >>

This Unsporting Life: David Beckham's Plummeting Popularity

Wikipedia​The decline and fall of David Beckham, soccer superstar, can be glimpsed in the recent headlines below. The British midfielder's popularity began falling last spring when Beckham scuttled his contract with the L.A. Galaxy so that he could return to European team play. Los Angeles fans tu ... More >>

David Beckham Clashes With Another Fan

ITN​ They're at it again: The prickly L.A. Galaxy superstar and the public who have turned on him. After getting fined $1,000 by Major League Soccer Friday for engaging in a July 19 verbal confrontation with an angry Galaxy fan (since banned for life from the Home Depot Center stadium), David Beck ... More >>

David Beckham Fined $1,000 for Fan Fracas

According to Reuters, Major League Soccer announced today it has fined L.A. Galaxy star David Beckham $1,000 for his role in a verbal confrontation between himself and angry team fans. Last Sunday, in an international "friendly" game with AC Milan, fans belonging to the Riot Squad support group heck ... More >>

Heckler Banned for Life After Beckham Confrontation

USA Today reports that the man who confronted L.A. Galaxy star David Beckham during a soccer match with AC Milan last Sunday has been red-carded for life. The row began during halftime at Carson's Home Depot Center when a shouting match escalated between Beckham and an angry fan described by the New ... More >>

Beckham Booed in Home Game

L.A. Galaxy fans got to see two sellouts Sunday -- the exhibition soccer match against ACCaleb Williams/WikipediaDavid Beckham Milan they attended and the first home appearance of superstar David Beckham since he negotiated his way out of his Galaxy contract to play with the very same AC Milan. A ca ... More >>

Simon Pegg: No Thanks, L.A.

Zombie killer PeggSounds like resident Brit David Beckham will not be replaced in town any time soon by geeky, zombie-obsessed comic actor Simon Pegg (Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz). Pegg, in an interview with the U.K.'s Zoo Magazine, said there was no way he'd relocate to Los Angeles, even after work ... More >>

Carry On Beckham: New Book Details Soccer Star's L.A. Mishaps

Pity Posh 'n Becks trying to set up house in Los Angeles after the British couple arrived here in 2007 so the soccer superstar could play for the Galaxy. First the young thirtysomethings were refused wine service at a top restaurant because they carried no I.D.s on them. Then there was the fame ... More >>

The New Cocktailians

The farmers market–loving, sleeve garter–wearing ladies and gentlemen of the bar taking over L.A.'s restaurants one glass at a time

Beckham Almost Gone

The L.A. Times says L.A. Galaxy midfielder David Beckham has reach a deal with his current team, the Galaxy, and A.C. Milan, for which he is currently on loan. Under the arrangement, Beckham will continue to play for the Italian club through its season, which ends May 31. Then he will return here an ... More >>

Morning Sixpack: A News Roundup

Sheriff Lowered Bar to Raise Ranks The L.A. County Sheriff's Department loosened hiring practices in order to meet recruiting goals, charges a report by the Office of Independent Review. L.A. TimesWorkers Protest Postal Ax About four dozen union postal workers rallied outside the Industry Processing ... More >>

Bend It (A Contract) Like Beckham

Bye-Bye Beckham! Or, make that, Arrivadercci,  Los Angeles! as an Associated Press story reveals that Italian soccer -- whoops, we mean, football -- team AC Milan is exploring ways to get the former Manchester United captain to wiggle out of his contract with the L.A. Galaxy. The Los Angeles t ... More >>

They Blinded Us With Scions: L.A. Riots Among Bands Entering Corporate Marriages

A car company recruits rising stars of the L.A. music scene to help sell autos. Who's buying?

9 L.A. Flashpoints

Movie Reviews: 30 Days of Night, Canvas, Futbaal

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Forget the Alamo

Dear Mexican: How hard can Spanish be to learn if Mexicans know it?

Ernest Fleischmann

Scouting Gustavo

¡ask a Mexican! Forget the Alamo

The Ultimate Product Placement

Phil Anschutz takes a huge hit if Beckham tanks as L.A.’s soccer megastar. He’s not worried

Allez les Bleus

The World Cup on the Champs Élysées

Dead End Kids, Celebrity Air and Scandinavians — Especially Norwegians

Get Real

God Free

The Thin White Line

Letters

El Tri's Trials

The Old Ball Game

L.A.’s future is fine without football