Michael Stephens

The LA Galaxy defeated Isidro Metapan tonight 3-2 on the road in El Salvador. The mostly reserve side managed a result that puts the Galaxy into the fourth seed for the Championship Round of this tournament.

As noted below, Mike Magee and Michael Stephens have been suspended for one match and fined an undisclosed amount due to their actions in last Saturday's match against the Houston Dynamo.

Much like two weeks ago, the LA Galaxy hope to continue their forward progress this week; despite midweek international failures.

Today, LA Galaxy's Michael Stephens and the United States U-23 team begin play in the CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying tournament in Nashville, TN. The US are favored to emerge top of the group which includes Cuba and Canada.

The U-23 United States soccer team finalized it's roster Tuesday for the upcoming Olympic qualifying tournament, with the LA Galaxy's Michael Stephens making the final cut.

CONCACAF is holding it's Olympic Qualifying tournament on US shores, with The Home Depot Center and LP Field are hosting the group stages, with the US in Tennessee and Mexico in California

In about half an hour, the last English team remaining in the UEFA Champions League will fight to stay in the tournament. Then tonight, both remaining teams from the United States and the only team from Canada in the CONCACAF Champions League will also fight to represent club and country in the Semi-Finals of what is becoming a premier event.

This week, the Confidential has been looking at the geography of past LA Galaxy drafts, to get a feel for what might happen at the 2012 MLS SuperDraft. We conclude out look at past MLS SuperDrafts with the 2010 and 2011 draft.

MLS announced today the preseason schedule, setting the date when pre-season camps can begin, when rosters have to be set, and the dates for the pre-season tournaments. Training camps may officially begin January 15, 2012.

US Under-23 National Team head coach Caleb Porter has named the roster for his latest U-23 camp, in preparation for the 2012 Olympic games in London. Twenty eight players were named to participate in an eight day camp in Florida. The LA Galaxy's Michael Stephens was named to that squad.