[Cobi Charly]

Hi, i am french and i love los angeles galaxy and i'm fan of cobi but its difficult when we live in france to have more informations about this team and Cobi.
So i would like ti have informations about the future of Cobi on a MLS (stay in LA, reprocess, draftt...) please answer me ^^
Sorry for my bad english !!

[taco jones]

bienvenue!

cobi will likely play for the galaxy again next season. and perhaps for another year after that. he'll retire before playing for another team. he's mr. galaxy.

[Cobi Charly]

that's good man, thanks for you answer, and i read an interview on official site web of LAG where Cobi said that the next season the LAG had a new players and it's a new scheme so i supposed that he have the intention to stay in LAG, but thanks for your information.
And said more if you know more please

[urtel]

Originally Posted by taco jones

bienvenue!

cobi will likely play for the galaxy again next season. and perhaps for another year after that. he'll retire before playing for another team. he's mr. galaxy.

Isn't he from Detroit?

[Anteaters FC]

Yes...so?

[L.A. SOCCER NATION]

check this article out, it is a story on Cobi and his future with the Green N Gold:
http://soccernet.espn.go.com/columns...ot=mls&cc=5901

[StillKickin]

Originally Posted by L.A. SOCCER NATION

check this article out, it is a story on Cobi and his future with the Green N Gold:
http://soccernet.espn.go.com/columns...ot=mls&cc=5901

You beat me to it. I just came here to post that.

Not sure what to make of Alexi's comments. I get the impression he's pushing for Cobi to retire - to save Alexi from having to make an unpleasant/tough decision regarding his status. Maybe I'm reading too much into it - but he didn't seem to me to be too supportive of Cobi continuing to play here.

[The Cadaver]

Originally Posted by urtel

Isn't he from Detroit?

Born there. But I think he grew up in Southern California (Woodland Hills?), went to college here, has his family and roots here now.

Its really hard to think of him playing for another club, as I think he is very proud of the fact that he was LAG from day one and the only player in the league to stay with his original club from the start of the league.

On the other hand, I could see a time coming (maybe not this year) when he wants to keep playing and LAG thinks they can do better. He is a proud enough player that I do not think he would retire if he thought he still had the chops, even if his coach and GM don't agree.

[Baysider]

For me it comes down to the fact that he is making 200K a year. If he would be willing to cut his salary to 100K I could see it, but not at what he is currently making. And I'm thinking he is probably too proud to take a cut.

I don't expect to see him back.

[Anteaters FC]

"It's not something that I'm happy about, that one of the biggest cheers in our stadium during our introductions is for a 36-year-old player," said Galaxy general manager Alexi Lalas, a former teammate of Jones with Los Angeles and with the national team.

Lalas clarified his stance.

"I love Cobi to death. But I want to make sure that we also have incredible recognition of stars that are young, and that are 26 and developing."

Jesus...when those developing 26 year olds do as much for American soccer that Cobi Jones has then they'll get as much respect from me as Cobi does. Until then, deal with the fact that you have a legend on the squad, Alexi.