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NHL
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1 p.m.
Akron at Kent St.
Toledo at Ball St.
Dayton at St. Louis
Bowling Green at Ohio
Ohio Valley: Morehead St. vs. SE Mo. St., semi Ohio Valley: Tenn. Tech vs. UT Martin, semi New Mexico at Colorado St.
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ACC Tournament: Louisville vs. Wake Forest SEC Tournament: South Carolina vs. Arkansas Big Ten Tournament: Indiana vs. Michigan St. SEC Tournament: Mississippi vs. Texas A&M ACC Tournament: Notre Dame vs. N.C. State Big Ten Tournament: Ohio St. vs. Michigan WCC Tournament: BYU vs. Pepperdine
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SEC Tournament: LSU vs. Georgia
Big Ten Tournament: Iowa vs. Purdue
ACC Tournament: Virginia Tech at Miami
SEC Tournament: Tennessee vs. Kentucky
Big Ten Tournament: Maryland vs. Illinois Pac-12Tourn.: UCLA vs. Stanford, semifinal Pac-12Tourn.: Wash. St. vs. TBD, semifinal
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Florida at Oklahoma
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PGA Puerto Rico Open
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Nets at Celtics
Grizzlies at Nuggets Clippers at Kings Timberwolves at Lakers
Canadiens at Ducks
Turkish: Istanbul Basaksehir at Alanyaspor German: RB Leipzig at Borussia Dortmund Italian Serie A: Lazio at Napoli French Ligue 1: AJ Auxerre at Nice Mexican Liga MX: Tigres at Necaxa Mexican Liga MX: Atlas at Tijuana
English: Newcastle United at Man. City (Sat.)
ATP/WTA tournament coverage
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ACCN SECN BTN SECN ACCN BTN BSSC BSSC ACCN SECN SECN ACCN SECN BTN Pac12N Pac12N
Big Ten: Michigan St. at Notre Dame, quarterfinal FS2 Colorado College at Denver CBSSN
WOMEN’S COLLEGE LACROSSE
Boston College at North Carolina
COLLEGE SOFTBALL
Longhorn Invitational: Tennessee St. at Texas Longhorn Invitational: Louisiana at Texas
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6, 7:49p.m. Men’s Pac-12Championships
Canadian Hockey League: Winnipeg at Regina
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Live Racing! East Coast America’s Day at the Races Live Racing! Coast to Coast Live Racing! West Coast
MLB SPRING TRAINING
Nationals at Mets Dodgers at Angels Tigers at Phillies Cubs at Padres
MOTORSPORTS
FanDuel TV FS1 (1:30 p.m., FS2) FanDuel TV FanDuel TV
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NASCAR Trucks Victoria’s Voice Foundation 200 F1Bahrain Grand Prix, practice 3(Sat.)
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Coming off of last season’s return to the MLS Cup playoffs, the Galaxy should have entered the third season under Greg Vanney riding the wave of optimism.
Instead, there’s a mix of optimism and frustration hovering as the 2023 season finally kicks off Saturday at FC Dallas.
The optimism stems from how the Galaxy finished last season. A late regular-season run, coinciding with the arrival of midfielders Gaston Brugman and Riqui Puig, saw the Galaxy post a fourth-place finish in the Western Conference and advance to the Western Conference semifinals before losing to LAFC.
“We finished last season having found a formula and a way of playing and a system and we were probably the in-form team heading into the playoffs,” Galaxy goalkeeper Jonathan Bond said. “I felt like the game that we got knocked out against LAFC could have gone either way. It was tight margins and it went to stoppage time.
“We win that game, we could have ended up getting to the MLS Cup final . ... It’s about really for us putting together more of a consistent season, looking at the Supporters’ Shield, we need to focus on the league season and try to finish near the top and try to be as consistent as we can be.”
Last season, the Galaxy advanced to the playoffs for first time since 2019. Trying to build off of that has been the focal point this offseason, but it hasn’t been smooth.
And that’s where the frustrations enter the story.
As preparation for the season began, the Supporters Group released a joint statement in January saying it would boycott following the news that team president Chris Klein had received a contract extension.
In December, the Galaxy was fined $1 million in future General Allocation Money by Major League Soccer and banned from bringing international players in during the Summer Transfer Window due to 2019 salarycap violations in the signing of Cristian Pavon. Klein was suspended by the league and will return at the end of the Primary Transfer Window in April.
“I know the supporters have been dealing with issues with the front office,” defender Raheem Edwards said. “I know the past couple of years have been very, very difficult for them and I’m not faulting them for that. I know how it feels to be a supporter. I’m a supporter of a different club, of a club overseas, and I know how it is. But the guys, us players, we depend on the supporters so much.
“So I don’t know if it’s a cry for help, but I’m definitely saying, ‘We need your help.’”
Whether the stands at Dignity Health Sports Park are full or not, the goal for the Galaxy this season is consistency.
“At the end of the day, we’re focusing on what we need to do,” midfielder Mark Delgado said. “The product on the field is what betters everything around the club, with the fans, and we want to make everyone proud, right? So we have to be focused on our jobs, progressing as a group, getting results and representing the club as best as possible. That’s kind of where our head is at.”
The roster build has been methodical. Early in the offseason, the Galaxy signed defender Chris Mavinga and midfielder Jose “Memo” Rodriguez. Winger Tyler Boyd has been a late addition, along with defensive midfielder Uri Rosell.
Defender Julian Araujo has been transferred to Barcelona FC. To replace him, the club has signed defender Lucas Calegari from Fluminense. He will occupy a U22 Initiative roster slot. Also, the club moved Riqui Puig into a Designated Player slot that was occupied by Kevin Cabral, who has been traded to Colorado.
Vanney, who has taken on the Sporting Director role, has been leading the building of the roster.
“Once we knew what we were managing or dealing with as it came to the sanctions, it was to quickly have a plan to try to get back to at least neutral,” Vanney said. “Then it was,