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Mon, May 25th 2009, 09:46

Draw in Dallas pushes unbeaten streak to 8

Early on, it was all aces for the Los Angeles Galaxy against FC Dallas at Pizza Hut Park. The visitors had gotten a goal from Landon Donovan in the third minute and just more than 20 minutes later, found themselves with a man advantage when FCD midfielder Marcelo Saragosa was sent off.

However, the Galaxy were unable to capitalize, and in the 31st minute, FCD tied things at 1-1 with a Drew Moor header. The match finished deadlocked and while FCD was glad to come away with a point, emotions were quite the opposite in the Galaxy locker room.

“Well, we certainly didn’t take advantage of our opportunities,” Galaxy head coach Bruce Arena said. “We didn’t finish off the plays to get three points. It’s really that simple. It’s not a hard game to analyze.”

Donovan’s goal, his sixth of the season, ties him with Chicago’s Brian McBride and Kansas City’s Josh Wolff for the league lead. It was the 16th time in his MLS career he has scored against FCD — eight with the Galaxy and eight during his time in San Jose.

“It was a good ball to Mike Magee to get behind them and then Eddie (Lewis) did a great job of putting the ball in front of the goal,” Donovan said. “When it’s in that position, I’m trying to do everything I can to get in front of the goal.”

While LA finished the night with 20 shots, only seven of those came in the final 45 minutes, much to Arena’s chagrin.

“In the second half, I thought we were technically slow in getting the ball off our feet, creating advantages, getting shots off quicker and making the right pass,” he said. “Technically, it wasn’t a good performance.”

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