Chapter Twenty-Nine: The First Warm-Up Match

The main purpose of the training camp is to allow the players to reserve their fitness for the new season, and the schedule of Major League Soccer is not too intensive, so the requirements of the training camp do not need to be too high.

Being able to come to Europe for training and feel the atmosphere of European football is already a very high-standard training camp for the LA Galaxy team, and after ten days of training camp, there is no need for the LA Galaxy team to stay in Europe anymore, and there will be no team to play warm-up matches with them anyway.

March is a time when the major competitions are more crowded in Europe, and it is not easy for the LA Galaxy to find an opponent for the warm-up match.

Of course, Arena did not plan to play a warm-up match for the LA Galaxy in Europe, and they returned to the United States after the training camp.

During the training camp, Chen Lin was not completely immersed in training, he took out a night to watch a La Liga match, although it was not a game between Real Madrid or Barcelona, but Chen Lin was still enthusiastic.

It was the first time he had been to watch one of Europe's top races, and he had never enjoyed such treatment before the crossing.

A few months ago, he was just a teenager working hard to join the school team, but a few months later, he became a member of the Los Angeles Galaxy team, and also followed the team to Europe for training, and had the opportunity to feel the atmosphere of Europe's top five leagues on the spot.

This is something that Chen Lin didn't even dare to think about before......

The Los Angeles Galaxy team, who have returned to the United States, have already scheduled their warm-up games before the start of the new season, and now they have half a month to go before their first game of the new season, and Arena has found a total of three warm-up opponents for the team, namely the Houston Dynamo, the New York Red Bulls and the Vancouver Whitecaps.

The first opponent the LA Galaxy will face is the Houston Dynamo.

The Houston Dynamo had a lucrative draft this season, as they drafted last year's NCAA Collegiate League player Bruin with the second pick, which is a great addition to their overall roster.

At the same time, they also selected Shakody in the second round, Shakody was also a member of last year's NCAA Collegiate League champions, and with Shakodi's strength, he had every chance to be selected in the first round of the draft, but in the main selection game, Shakodi's sixth team was completely blown up by Chen Lin's fifth team, which made the Houston Dynamo team pick up the leak.

Being able to pick two main players for the collegiate league championship at the same time made the Houston Dynamo full of confidence in the new season, which was not in vain that they suddenly "played abnormally" in the second half of the previous season in exchange for a relatively high pick in the draft.

Major League Soccer doesn't have a relegation system, so many teams that lose their chance to make the playoffs in the middle of the league will deliberately lose points in the second half of the league to earn a high draft pick, as was the case with the LA Galaxy in '08, when they finished third from bottom in the league......

The match against the LA Galaxy was also the first warm-up game of the season for the Houston Dynamo, and their willingness to have the LA Galaxy as their first opponent is a testament to how confident the Houston Dynamo are.

With stars such as David Beckham and Donovan, the LA Galaxy is considered a giant team in MLS, and their strength is also the best in the entire major league, and the Houston Dynamo team dares to challenge such a strong opponent in the first warm-up game of the new season, which really requires courage and confidence.

However, in the warm-up game, the victory or defeat is not so important, the important thing is that the managers of both teams hope to have a more accurate grasp of their team's tactics and player configuration in the warm-up game, only in this way, they can better cope with the start of the new season.

In addition to allowing the team's head coach to know his team better, the warm-up match is also a good test for the new players, usually in the warm-up game, the head coach of each team will send the new players out on the field, and the performance of these new players is also the focus of the media.

Before the warm-up game between the Los Angeles Galaxy and the Houston Dynamo began, media reporters mentioned in their respective reports the six young players selected by the two teams in the draft, among which they focused on Chen Lin, Bruin and Shakody, who had a lot of grievances in the draft......

First of all, in the audition competition, Chen Lin can be said to have stepped on the shoulders of Shakodi to enter the main selection competition.

Then in the main selection game, Bruin, as Chen Lin's teammate, wanted to isolate Chen Lin, but was isolated by his teammates because of Chen Lin's outstanding performance in the game, and he lost the title of draft champion that should have belonged to him, not to mention Shacody, he was selected by the Houston Dynamo in the second round of the draft, which was caused by Chen Lin......

Both of them have a reason to hold a grudge against Chen, and in the pre-match interview, Bruin and Shakody also confirmed that they do have a grudge against Chen, especially Bruin, who even sent a challenge to Chen.

"Chen Lin? I have to admit that I did underestimate him in the main selection game, but if he thought that everything would be fine with the LA Galaxy, then he was very wrong. When Bruin mentioned Chen Lin, he still had a condescending expression.

"Our competition is not over, this season is my first season with him in MLS, and I hope to continue to compete with him to see who can end up winning the title of Best Rookie!"

Bruin's sense of honor is extremely strong, and missing out on the draft pick made him very painful, but now he has come out of the pain, he has to fight for a new honor, and he wants to challenge Chen Lin for the title of the best newcomer in MLS!

Shakody's performance was much calmer than Bruin's, his face was serious, his face was serious.

"I really didn't expect to meet Chen Lin again so soon, and in the process of the draft, I should be the player who is most involved with him." Shacody is right, he and Chen Lin have played against each other in the audition competition and the main selection game, and he is indeed the player who is most involved with Chen Lin.

"I wasn't very happy in the draft, I'm very grateful to the Houston Dynamo for giving me the opportunity to join the MLS, I won't let my team down, this is my first game for the Houston Dinamo, even though it's just a warm-up game, I'm still going to give it my all and I'm going to prove myself again in the game."

Shakodi's words were more tactful, although he did not hold on to Chen Lin's topic, but the reporters still heard his off-strings.

Why did Shakody play badly in the draft? It's not because he is facing Chen Lin, it is Chen Lin's magical play that overshadows Shakodi, who is in the position with him.

So how can you prove yourself again? Watching Chen Lin die in this warm-up match will undoubtedly be the best opportunity!