Mls, Robbie Keane gives the Los Angeles Galaxy 5th title – Sky.it

Landon Donovan raises the MLS Cup: Galaxy champions for the fifth time (Getty Images)

With a goal in extra time the former team of David Beckham won the title with stars and stripes, beating 2- 1 the New England Revolution. Big party for the team from California who greeted Donovan, his last game before retiring

A click on the offside, one eye on the doors, the right precise : a trademark. With one of the most traditional measures of Robbie Keane, the Irish action on which we have built an entire career, the Los Angeles Galaxy have graduated for the fifth time champions Mls (a record). A painful victory, 2-1, against the New England Revolution, gained only after extra time. For the Galaxy’s triumph was completed by the greeting, really special, paid tribute to Landon Donovan, who last August had announced his retirement and who finished as best he could, winning the sixth title of his career, right at their home . StubHub Center in Carson sold: 27 000 people (a thousand fans of New England) have held their breath for 120 ‘: an exciting match which boosted coach Bruce Arena for the fifth time (third title with the Galaxy, after those of 2011 and 2012). The team of Los Angeles has found the advantage to 52 ̵ 6;with Gyasi Zardes, while at 11′ from the end goal of Chris Tierney sent the match into extra time. Here the Galaxy have built the victory thanks to parades of Penedo, meteor at the time of Cagliari, and the goal of Robbie Keane, who only days ago was awarded the prize of best player in the league. In the regular season the Galaxy had closed the Western Conference behind the Seattle Sounders.
As in 2012, when the Galaxy beat Houston and greeted David Beckham, this time it happened to Landon Donovan, by all accounts the best player in the history of the Stars and Stripes. The number 10 has said farewell to football by lifting the trophy in front of his fans, as in fairy tales most beautiful. Big disappointment instead for the New England Revolution: they were playing the title in the final for the fifth time and for the fifth time … and always lost in extra time. A real curse.