Home Depot Center News

A Quick Look at The Home Depot Center Headlines for the Month of July 2009

MLS UPDATES: Fourth of July Fireworks, Plus AC Milan Up Next for the Galaxy;
Chivas USA Hosts The Battle for LA - the Honda Super Clásico July 11
CONCACAF™ GOLD CUP:
Friday Doubleheader: Canada vs. Jamaica, Costa Rica vs. El Salvador
WOMEN'S SOCCER: Los Angeles Sol Hosts Final Home Game Next Wednesday; U.S. National Team Players Called Up for USA vs. Canada July 19 and 22
CYCLING: The Home Depot Center Velodrome to Host USA Cycling Junior Track Nationals Starting Today through Sunday
CONCERTS & MORE: July Brings Coldplay, X Games to Carson
TENNIS: LA Women's Tennis Championships Boasts 11 of Top 15 Players in the World
AUGUST SNAPSHOT: LA Women's Tennis Championships, Warped Tour and more...

FIREWORKS AND FRIENDLY AGAINST AC MILAN HIGHLIGHT JULY FOR LA GALAXY: The LA Galaxy will host two games at The Home Depot Center this month, including the annual Fourth of July game against the New England Revolution and a high-profile international friendly against Italian side AC Milan on Sunday, July 19. The LA Galaxy open the month with their annual Fourth of July Fireworks Extravaganza against the New England Revolution, on Saturday, July 4, at 8:00 p.m., at The Home Depot Center. This will be the first meeting between the two sides this season and the sixth time that they have played one another on Independence Day. Last year New England defeated the Galaxy 2-1 in front of a sold out crowd at The Home Depot Center. Following two road games, including one on Saturday, July 11 against Chivas USA in the second installment of the Honda Super Clásico, the Galaxy return home on Sunday, July 19, when they host Italian giant AC Milan. The 17-time Serie A champions come to The Home Depot Center for the first time with a roster packed with stars such as Ronaldinho, Pato and Filippo Inzaghi to take on the Galaxy in what is expected to be David Beckham's first home game back with the Galaxy. This game is one of the most highly anticipated events of the year and is a great way to kick-off the second half of the Galaxy's season. Also this month, on Wednesday, July 8, the LA Galaxy Foundation and The Home Depot Center Charitable Foundation will host their second Camps for Kids at The Home Depot Center. Camps for Kids is an opportunity for approximately 100 children ages 7-10 to participate in a camp that features soccer drills, including dribbling, passing, shooting, and small sided games as well as fitness tips and a visit from many of their favorite Galaxy players. Tickets are on sale now for all 2009 LA Galaxy home games, with tickets starting at just $15. For more information, or to purchase tickets, please call 877-3GALAXY or visit www.lagalaxy.com or www.lagalaxy.com. For media inquiries, including Galaxy training times or media availability, please contact Patrick Donnelly, (310) 630-2214 or pdonnelly@lagalaxy.com, Justin Pearson, (310) 630-2216 or jpearson@lagalaxy.com, or Jaime Cárdenas, (310) 630-2215 or jcardenas@lagalaxy.com, in the Galaxy Communications Department. For more information about the club, please visit www.lagalaxy.com or www.lagalaxy.com.

CHIVAS USA TO HOST LA GALAXY IN HONDA SUPER CLÁSICO ON SATURDAY, JULY 11: After a busy June, the schedule for Chivas USA calms down in July, as the team has only one home game, facing the LA Galaxy in the Honda Super Clásico at 8:00 p.m. on Saturday, July 11 at The Home Depot Center. The match will be the second of 2009 between the two teams, after the first 'Battle for L.A.' finished in a 0-0 tie on April 11. Free Rally Towels will be given to the first 10,000 fans through the gates, courtesy of Honda. For tickets to the match, fans can purchase Chivas USA's 'Stimulus Plan,' a limited-time offer that gets fans into five of the top games of the season, plus a 'bonus' ticket to the Honda Super Clásico, all starting at just $50. For more information, or to purchase tickets, please call 1-877-CHIVAS-1 or visit cdchivasusa.com . The team's only other match of the month is a July 19 visit to the New England Revolution. For Chivas USA media information please contact Keegan Pierce (kpierce@cdchivasusa.com / 310-630-4575), Eduard Cauich (ecauich@cdchivasusa.com / 310-630-4554), or David Lindholm (dlindholm@cdchivasusa.com / 310-630-4552) at Chivas USA Communications.

CONCACAF GOLD CUP RETURNS FRIDAY: The Home Depot Center kicks off 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup play this Friday, July 3 with a doubleheader starting at 5:00 p.m. featuring Canada vs. Jamaica, followed by Costa Rica vs. El Salvador in Group A action. The tournament, which is held once every two years, is the championship for North and Central America and the Caribbean, and is the confederation's premier event. Every second tournament, the winner of the Gold Cup serves as the region's entrant to the FIFA Confederations cup. The 12-nation championship features the best players from the region and concludes on Sunday, July 26 at Giants Stadium in New York for the final. For more information on the CONCACAF Gold Cup, please visit www.concacaf.com. Media inquiries may be directed to Ben Spencer at ben.spencer@concacaf.org.

LOS ANGELES SOL TO CLOSE REGULAR SEASON HOME SCHEDULE JULY 8: The Los Angeles Sol, entering July atop WPS standings, will complete its regular season home schedule on Wednesday, July 8 at 12:00 p.m. against U.S. National Team goalkeeper Hope Solo and the Saint Louis Athletica. 3-time FIFA World Player of the Year Marta has been nominated for an ESPY award in the category of Best Female International Athlete. To cast your vote for Marta, please visit www.ESPYS.tv . The ESPYS will air on ESPN and ESPN-HD on Sunday, July 19 at 9:00 p.m. For more information or to purchase tickets to the final Los Angeles Sol regular season home game, please call 1-877-4-SOL-TIX or visit www.LosAngelesSol.com. For Los Angeles Sol media inquiries, please contact Nick Ammazzalorso at nammazzalorso@leaderenterprises.com or Mike Iwamasa at miwamasa@leaderenterprises.com.

U.S. WOMEN'S NATIONAL TEAM UPDATE: There will be no activity for the USA's youth Women's National Teams at The Home Depot Center in July, however numerous full Women's National Team players will be recalled from the WPS squads for two matches against Canada, on July 19 in Rochester and July 22 in Charleston, N.C. The July 19 match should feature the homecoming of U.S. star Abby Wambach who will have the chance to score her historic 100th career international goal in front of her hometown fans in a match broadcast live on ESPN at Noon. The USA-Canada clash from Charleston will be broadcast live on Fox Soccer Channel and Fox Sports en Español at 5:00 p.m. For more information on the United States Soccer Federation, please visit www.ussoccer.com. For media inquiries regarding the U.S. Women's National Teams, please contact Aaron Heifetz at aheifetz@ussoccer.org.

COMPETITION STARTS TODAY AT THE JUNIOR TRACK NATIONALS: The Home Depot Center welcomes the best junior cyclists in the nation this week as it hosts the USA Cycling Junior Track Nationals July 2-5. Last year, Southern California athletes won an unprecedented 60% of the US titles. This year, the next generation of American track cyclists will vie for 24 national titles, in each of the men's 17-18 and women's 17-18 individual events, as well as the overall Omnium winners in the men's and women's 10-12, 13-14 and 15-16 categories. National titles will also be up for grabs to the winners of the men's and women's team sprint, the team pursuit and the Madison, and to the winners of the Paralympic 500-meter time trial, kilometer time trial and the 3-kilometer pursuit. For more information on the event, please visit www.usacycling.org. As always, regular weekly trainings and classes continue at the velodrome. For a complete schedule of classes and events at The Home Depot Center Velodrome, please visit www.homedepotcenter.com.

COLDPLAY & X GAMES HEAT UP THE HOME DEPOT CENTER SUMMER: This month, The Home Depot Center will host two headline events - Coldplay in concert on July 18 and ESPN's X Games 15 July 30-August 2. On July 19, the day after Coldplay, the stadium will also host the Galaxy against Italian giant AC Milan. For media inquiries regarding the Coldplay concert, please contact Greg Terlizzi at Live Nation at gregterlizzi@livenation.com. Media interested in covering X Games should visit www.espneventmedia.com. VIP seats and party suite packages are available for each and every one of our headline summer events, including Coldplay, X Games, Galaxy vs. AC Milan and the LA Women's Tennis Championships in August (more information on the tennis tournament below). For more information on our special summer packages, please visit www.homedepotcenter.com/premium.

LA WOMEN'S TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS FEATURES 11 OF THE TOP 15: Eleven of the Top 15 players in the world are part of one of the strongest Carson tennis lineups ever as Russia's Vera Zvonareva (No. 7), Belarus' Victoria Azarenka (No. 8), Russia's Nadia Petrova (No. 10) and Slovakia's Dominika Cibulkova (No. 13) have added their names to the early entry list for one of Southern California's most prestigious summer tennis traditions, the 2009 LA Women's Tennis Championships presented by Herbalife. The talented quartet join Sony Ericsson WTA Tour superstar Maria Sharapova (Russia) and defending champion and World No. 1 Dinara Safina (Russia) in the tournament. The $700,000 Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Premier event will be played August 3-9 on the hard courts of The Home Depot Center on the campus of California State University, Dominguez Hills. Fans may now purchase a limited-time-only \"Buy One, Get One Free\" All-Session pass, which includes all 13 sessions of play, plus passes to the outer grounds, available now at www.latennischamps.com. For media inquiries, please contact Steve Pratt at Brener Zwikel & Associates, Inc. at stevep@bzapr.com.

AUGUST SNAPSHOT: LA Women's Tennis Championships, Warped Tour

LA Women's Tennis Championships presented by Herbalife
Monday, August 3-Sunday, August 9, 2009
Tickets: www.latennischamps.com or www.homedepotcenter.com
Media: Steve Pratt, Brener Zwikel & Associates, Inc. (BZA); stevep@bzapr.com or (818)462-5602

Vans Warped Tour
Sunday, August 23, 2009
Tickets: www.homedepotcenter.com or www.warpedtour.com

For a complete calendar, including regular season MLS and WPS matches, please visit www.homedepotcenter.com.

Note: Games and times subject to change; all times listed are Pacific Time (PT), unless otherwise noted.