The crosstown rivalry known as El Trafico returns to Pasadena’s hallowed stadium, where the Galaxy organization first started in 1996
Galaxy midfielder Riqui Puig celebrates after scoring the winning goal against LAFC on July 4, 2023, at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena. Kevin Hartman remembers attending the Galaxy’s Fourth of July game in 1996. Hartman, who is now the Galaxy’s goalkeeper coach, got tickets to the game from his then-roommate and former UCLA teammate Greg Vanney.
“I’m really proud of my roots within Southern California,” Hartman said. “To be able to play professional soccer wasn’t even anything that I ever really considered.” The rivalry game is back in Pasadena this year, with LAFC and the Galaxy tied with 40 points atop the Western Conference and each with a conference-best 41 goals scored.
“ would be tailgating and when we would come back to train, we’d find all that there, be it bottle caps, trash, flares, and try to pick up stuff to get it out of the way,” former Galaxy star Cobi Jones said. “I believe we did a lap of the complex, including the golf courses, and I recall how exhausted I was after one of them,” Hartman said. “And then he said we were doing the second lap.”“I’m like, ‘Remember that one day?’” Hartman said. “I feel like I contributed to Jim’s expertise in terms of evolving his concept on what was the right way to train goalkeepers.”
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