Levy steps down after 24 years as supporters call for deeper engagement
LA Galaxy fans need to be heard as flagship franchise falls behind
JAMES NALTON writes about the supporters who have begun to boycott home games in an attempt to get the club’s owners to notice and respond to their concerns
LA Galaxy fans at a match against Seattle Sounders
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Still the only black man to win the US Open tennis title, a statue of the legendary champion, Arthur Ashe, is now the only one remaining on Monument Avenue in his Richmond, Virginia hometown, where confederate leaders of the Civil War were also once displayed, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
ALONG with New York Cosmos, LA Galaxy are likely the most internationally recognised name in American soccer, but in recent years the club has fallen by the wayside, dropping as far as the bottom of Major League Soccer (MLS) and missing out on the playoffs in four of the past five seasons.
On the back of the poor leadership at the top of the club that has led to this fall from grace, LA Galaxy supporters have decided to take action.
They have persistently and clearly voiced their concerns, and begun to boycott home games in an attempt to get the club’s owners, the Anschutz Entertainment Group (AEG), to make changes at front office level.
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