Wednesday, November 3, 2010

All About the Defense

The Galaxy were back on the training field this afternoon under a sweltering sun at The Home Depot Center. Just three days removed from last weekend's win in Seattle, the club has begun to put together their game plan for Sunday's second and final leg of the series.

But while the guys were working hard during the session (and after as Gregg Berhalter and Chris Birchall led a group through extra fitness work), playing a series of 3v3 games in addition to the standard training regiments, the talk before and after training was all about Donovan Ricketts being named the MLS Goalkeeper of the Year. While Donovan was quick to thank goalkeeper coach Ian Feuer and his teammates, those same teammates (and Feuer) were quick to praise the Jamaican international for the impact that he has had on the LA defense in his two years with the club.

We caught up with Bruce and Ian to get a coach's perspective on the play of the Galaxy #1, while also talking with the man himself and three of the defenders that play in front of him to see what they thought about Ricketts' honor and what they're looking for from the Sounders this weekend.

Here is what they had to say.

Bruce...


Ian...

Donovan...

Omar...

Todd...

A.J...

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