Good afternoon Galaxy fans! I'm sure many of you are watching Deutschland and Hellas battle it out on ESPN. Lots of great political story lines there. Back home, the LA Galaxy are coming up with some neat fan initiatives that have gotten the attention of the press. There's the Dodger-Galaxy criss cross promotion, and the design a third jersey contest.

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In the case of the Dodger-Galaxy team up, it's a chance to get some Dodger fans who've never been to a Galaxy match into the HDC. With the third kit contest, its a great way to make the fan base feel a part of the team. Which is really one of MLS' biggest selling points.

Now, as far as that match in Salt Lake is concerned the biggest conclusion may be that while it may be the shape of things to come the relative positions of the teams went unchanged.

Loss didn't cost Real Salt Lake; win didn't help Galaxy | Deseret News
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