Tom Payne of the Galaxy just stopped by for a minute (the lounge is a happening place) and shared some info.
The Galaxy have hundreds of players coming to their open tryouts. They've had to turn away a number of applications and he said he believes the list is closing entirely soon, just because they have a limit of players that they can handle. The Galaxy are renting all the Home Depot Center's outlying fields for the event and bringing in a number of local coaches with Galaxy ties, such as Paul Caliguri, Danny Pena and Ralph Perez, to supplement the actual Galaxy coaching staff in evaluating players.
But perhaps the biggest news he had is that despite the Beckham signing, the Galaxy are only second in new season ticket packages sold. Toronto is first, with well over 10,000. As Payne pointed out, the Galaxy tickets are at a different price point, but that's still remarkable.
I don't know what the totals are once renewals are included. Payne had to run off to lunch.
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