A lot went right during the Galaxy's trek to Arizona, but not everything. Backline leader Gregg Berhalter sustained what the team believes is a minor injury in Tempe and is day-to-day because of�strained knee ligaments.
"He took a knock and is out right now, but we expect to get him back soon ..." Arena said. "I think he'll be back in the near future. But we'll just have to see. Those are things that are day by day."
Berhalter, 37, missed most of the last three months of last season with what was called a mysterious ailment, but he's expected to team again with MLS Best XI defender Omar Gonzalez in the middle of the Galaxy backline this season. He's also an assistant coach for the team.
The trip otherwise went as desired.
"It was a good trip," Arena said. "Where the team's at right now is not good enough to win many games in the league. We know in the next 2� weeks we have to get better as a team. I think what we've accomplished in the early going of preseason is identifying perhaps how we have to play, identifying the quality of our new players -- which is important -- and how we've got to organize our team around some of them. But I think it's been good. We've moved it along slowly on purpose because it's a long preseason and I think we don't need to be at our best in February, we need to be at our best beginning in March, and we're slowly moving toward that."
Source: http://espn.go.com/blog/los-angeles/soccer/post/_/id/6514/galaxy-berhalters-knee-knocked-in-arizona
No comments:
Post a Comment