Recap: Los Angeles vs. Houston

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Recap: Los Angeles vs. San Jose

The Los Angeles Galaxy clinched Major League Soccer's Western Conference regular season crown with a 2-0 victory over the San Jose Earthquakes at The Home Depot Center on Saturday night.

A Bobby Burling own goal in the first half, and a Landon Donovan goal in he second half were all the Galaxy needed to earn their 12th victory of the season and pull ahead of Houston and Chivas USA, which were tied with L.A. heading into the weekend. Houston and Chivas actually close out their regular season on Sunday against each other. The Galaxy own the first tiebreaker against both teams.

The Galaxy (12-6-12) went up 1-0 in the 24th minute when Burling deflected a Donovan cross into his own net for the own goal.

Recap: Los Angeles vs. Chivas USA

The Los Angeles Galaxy earned a 1-0 victory over Chivas USA on Sunday night to take the Western Conference Semifinal Series, 3-2 on aggregate.

A Landon Donovan penalty kick in the 73rd minute proved to be the difference in the game.

The play was made possible by a great combination between Galaxy midfielder David Beckham, Donovan, and attacker Mike Magee. Beckham started the play by finding Donovan on the left side of the Chivas USA penalty area with a looping switch from the right side. Donovan then played a cross through the six-yard box to Magee, who deked around a defender before being taken down, earning the penalty kick call from referee Ricardo Salazar.

Recap: Chivas USA vs. Houston

The Houston Dynamo closed out their regular season with a 3-2 win at Chivas USA on Sunday afternoon at The Home Depot Center.

The win propels the Dynamo into a tie with the Los Angeles Galaxy atop the Western table with 48 points, but the Galaxy own the tiebreaker and will take the top seed in the Western Bracket of the upcoming MLS Cup playoffs.

Houston (13-8-9) will be the second seed, followed by Seattle, and Chivas USA. Columbus and Chicago clinched in the East, with the other spots to be determined after the New England, Columbus game later on Sunday.

Galaxy confirms Beckham loan to Milan

The Los Angeles Galaxy completed the loan agreement of midfielder David Beckham to Italian side AC Milan on Monday.

The move will be effective in January 2010, while Beckham remains under contract to the Galaxy and will play for the club throughout the MLS Cup playoffs.

"We are pleased to finalize David's loan to AC Milan and we look forward to his return to the Galaxy after the 2010 World Cup," Galaxy head coach and general manager Bruce Arena said.

Recap: Los Angeles vs.

Last week it was the Chicago Fire, this week the victim is the Los Angeles Galaxy.

For the second straight week, Real Salt Lake - the eight and final seed in the Major League Soccer playoffs - took a favorite to a penalty-kick shootout and won, 5-4, thanks the heroics of goalkeeper Nick Rimando.

Rimando made two saves and 2009 MLS regular season MVP Landon Donovan missed high as RSL shocked the league by topping the Galaxy to win the 2009 MLS Cup on Sunday night in front of over 46,000 fans at Qwest Field in Seattle.