The Los Angeles Galaxy and Italian champs Juventus face off in the International Champions Cup after losing matches earlier in the tournament to Real Madrid and Everton and now the two teams will play for place among the rest of the clubs.
Everton won the match on penalty kicks 6-5 in their opening match and Tim Howard of the US national team made some fantastic saves at the end, including one that helped seal the match. Everton won 2-1 to advance while Real won 3-1 against the Galaxy to move on to play Everton in the next round. Jose Villarreal scored a very nice goal for the Galaxy to give the team a chance, but they made it without getting shut out.
The two teams meet as they are trying to each win their third straight league titles with theGalaxy looking to win a third MLS Cup and Juventus to their third Serie A title. Landon Donovan and Omar Gonzalez didn't play in the last game after appearing at the MLS All star game and now the team will have more stars in the lineup when they play on Saturday night. Robbie Keane was out with a hip injury and the teams are playing for Miami with Valencia and Inter Milan as the other clubs in the losers bracket.
The full roster for the Galaxy International Cup team includes midfielders Pablo Mastroeni, Marcelo Sarvas, Landon Donovan, Colin Clark, Robbie Rogers, Hector Jimenez, Juninho, Rafael Garcia, Michael Stephens, as well as Kenney Walker and Oscar Sorto. The team also has forwards Robbie Keane, Charlie Rugg, Gyasi Zardes, Chandler Hoffman, Jack McBean and Jose Villarreal. The team also has goalies Carlo Cudicini, Brian Rowe and Brian Perk as well as defenders Todd Dunivant, Omar Gonzalez, Sean Franklin, Bryan Gaul, A.J. DeLaGarza, Tommy Meyer, Leonardo, Kofi Opare and Greg Cochrane.
Check Foxsports.com for the Fox Soccer 2 Go Live stream for the Juventus and LA Galaxy matchup.
The starters for the LA Galaxy are Rowe; Franklin, Meyer, Leonardo, Dunivant; Jimenez, Sarvas, Juninho, Clark; Zardes, Villarreal. The starters for Juventus will be Buffon; Barzagli, Bonucci, Chiellini; Lichtsteiner, Vidal, Pirlo, Pogba, Asamoah; Tevez, Llorente.