Galaxy Deal GK Cannon to San Jose
Jan. 10, 2008
The Los Angeles Galaxy traded goalkeeper Joe Cannon to the San Jose Earthquakes for allocation money Thursday.
Cannon started 29 of the Galaxy's 30 games last season, his first with the club after being acquired from Colorado during the offseason. He was 9-13-7, with five shutouts and a 1.59 goals-against average. Cannon also started all five matches in the Galaxy's run to the SuperLiga final.
Cannon became expendable after the team re-signed goalkeeper Steve Cronin to a new multiyear deal Wednesday. He was Cannon's backup last season.
In San Jose , Cannon will be reunited with former Galaxy coach Frank Yallop, who left recently to take over the Earthquakes.
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The Galaxy opened their stadium, the Home Depot Center on June 7. But in order for their home to be ready, the team had to play a record 8 games to start the season and failed to win a game. In fact, the Galaxy finish the season without a win away from home the whole season. After the season's final game, the Galaxy had the final playoff spot in the West. In their aggregate series with the Earthquakes, they seemed well on to vindication for the MLS Cup loss 2 years earlier as they held 4 goals to 0 lead midway through the 2 nd game. A thing happened as the Earthquakes scored four unanswered goals to force a tiebreaker. In that session, the Earthquakes' Rodrigo Farina score to send the Quakes onto the next round.
In 2004 Looking to return to the top, the Galaxy would go through a mediocre 1 st half of the season before 3 straight wins over the summer. But from July 14 on, the Galaxy won only 2 more games, one in September and one in October. The Galaxy had a record of 11-9-10, good enough for 2nd in the West and the playoff, remaining the only club in MLS to have a playoff spot in every year of league in the playoffs, the Galaxy withstood an early challenge from the Rapids to win the aggregate goal series, 2-1, scoring 2 times in Game 2. In the conference final, the Galaxy's season would come to an end in Kansas with a 2-0 loss to Arnaud and the Wizards.
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