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Commentary: The Galaxy ‘lost its soul’ years ago. Alexi Lalas and Landon Donovan want to see a revival

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The surest sign a college football program is in trouble is when the alumni grow restless.

The Galaxy, who take the field Tuesday for their first training session of the new season, have finally reached that point. Last week two of the biggest names from the franchise’ glory days — former captain Landon Donovan, who led it to four MLS titles, and Alexi Lalas, who played in the club’s first MLS Cup win, then went on to become its president — lamented the team’s long fall from grace and plotted its return to the top.