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Los Angeles Galaxy
Based in Los Angeles, California Los Angeles Galaxy is a professional soccer club that participates in Major League Soccer. The name "Galaxy" refers to Los Angeles being the home of many Hollywood 'stars.' The team colors are gold and green. The home jerseys are gold with a green sash and some minor black tones.

It was one of the ten founding members of Major League Soccer, which began in 1996. The club played their home games at the Rose Bowl from 1996-2002 until they moved into their own soccer-specific stadium, The Home Depot Center in Carson, California, in 2003. Since the 2005 season, The Home Depot Center has been shared with Chivas USA.

The Galaxy has the highest all-time audience in league history and is the first MLS team to make a profit in a season. It has two main supporters clubs known as The Galaxians, and the Los Angeles Riot Squad. Their lucky charm is known as "Cozmo," a frog-like celestial.

Newly, the Galaxy were in the news for being the first MLS team to take advantage of the Designated Player Rule, also known as the "Beckham Rule," by signing the rule's namesake David Beckham to a contract worth approximately $50 million a year for 5 years

History
The Galaxy advanced to the MLS Cup final five times in 1996, 1999, 2001, 2002, and 2005 winning in 2002 and 2005. In 2000 they won the CONCACAF Champions Cup and in 2001 and than again in 2005 as part of winning the domestic double, the third time a team has done so in MLS history. Their 2005 MLS Cup victory was the first time that the team with the worst record entering the playoffs won the championship.

In 2005, after an unsuccessful stint in Germany's Bundesliga, Landon Donovan returned to the MLS to play for the Galaxy. In his first season with the Galaxy, Donovan scored 12 league goals and 10 assists and added four goals and an assist in the playoffs, leading the Galaxy to a victory in the 2005 MLS Cup.

The 2006 season was considered as one of the poorest seasons in the Galaxy's history as the team finished fifth in the Western Conference with an 11-15-6 record, removing them from playoff contention for the first time since the league's inception (10 straight seasons). It was also the season where Doug Hamilton, the team's general manager, died of a heart attack on board the airplane from Costa Rica after their loss to Saprissa in the CONCACAF Champions Cup on March 16.

On 11 January 2007 Reuters reported that former England captain David Beckham will leave Real Madrid at the end of the season and sign a five-year deal with the Galaxy. The 31-year-old, who joined Real from Manchester United in June 2003, is the most famous player to sign up for Major League Soccer since it began play in 1996. Beckham is the fifth most capped England player of all time, has twice been the runner up in the FIFA World Player Of The Year Award (1999 and 2001), and was a member of Manchester United's 1999 UEFA Champions League winning team.

Los Angeles Galaxy plan to uncover the team's new jersey design in an attempt to make the Galaxy brand a more global in its appeal in 2007. In March 2007 it was announced that Herbalife would be the primary jersey sponsor of the Galaxy in a five-year deal worth between $3.5 million and $5 million a year through 2011.

On 18 April 2007, Glasgow Rangers manager, Walter Smith announced that talks between the two clubs were underway, with regards to a player link deal. This deal would allow Galaxy to use Rangers outstanding training facility, Murray Park.

Los Angeles Soccer History
The first professional soccer team in the Los Angeles area was when the owner of the Fall River Marksmen, Sam Mark, moved the West Coast in 1955. In an effort to promote soccer on the west coast, he encouraged soccer athletes from Fall River to transfer to the west coast creating the Los Angeles Kickers Soccer Club and would become Los Angeles Skyhawks before becoming known as the Los Angeles Wolves. With the formation of the North American Soccer League, the Los Angeles soccer team named the Los Angeles Aztecs. In 1993, the city's team became known as the Los Angeles Salsa when the restaurant's chain owner Jose Rodriguez purchased the team. In 1995, Anschutz Entertainment Group became the owner of the primary team in Los Angeles and renamed it the Galaxy. The team joined Major League Soccer in its opening season of 1996. Entering the 2007 season, the city of Los Angeles has won over 1500 professional matches, twelve league soccer championships and nine Lamar Hunt US Open Cup Championships. The city has won five region soccer tournaments and three would soccer tournaments.

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Rivalries
The Galaxy's biggest rival in the 1990s was D.C. United, where the two squads met in MLS Cup 1996 and MLS Cup 1999. The Galaxy lost 3-2, in overtime, and 2-0, respectively.

The Galaxy's biggest rival in the early 2000s was the San Jose Earthquakes until they were transfered to Houston, Texas following the 2005 season, becoming the Houston Dynamo.

The Galaxy's principal rival is the Chivas USA, with whom they share a home stadium. The Galaxy-Chivas USA game is the league's first and only derby, known as the "Honda SuperClasico". Although the Galaxy won all four games the first year of the rivalry, in 2006 a more competitive Chivas side has increased the fame of the SuperClasico.

Television and radio
FSN West televises Galaxy matches locally. Max Bretos and Allen Hopkins are the English language announcers, while Jaime Motta and Elmer Polanco announce in Spanish.

Matches are broadcast on radio by XEPE "CASH 1700 AM" in English and in Spanish on KMXE "Radio Visa". Joe Tutino does the English play-by-play while Troy Santiago does the same in Spanish.