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The Los Angeles Galaxy will try to remain unbeaten at home and improve its playoff position when they plays host to the Vancouver Whitecaps on Saturday at the StubHub Center in Carson, Calif.Los Angeles (9-4-12) is fourth in Major League Soccers Western Conference with 39 points, just one point behind third-place Real Salt Lake and six points behind first-place FC Dallas. The Galaxy, which is 6-0-6 at home this season, is 0-1-4 in its last five matches after playing the Chicago Fire to a 2-2 draw earlier this week.Vancouver (8-12-6) is ninth in the Western Conference with 30 points. Despite their current standing in the west, the Whitecaps are just two points out of a playoff spot with eight games remaining.The Whitecaps are coming off a resounding 3-0 victory over Sporting Kansas City in a midweek CONCACAF Champions League contest. Christian Techera scored two goals. Erik Hurtado had one goal and one assist.Vancouver will be without a key contributor after Christian Bolanos was suspended for the match against Los Angeles. The MLS Disciplinary Committee announced Wednesday that Bolanos will serve a one-game suspension and pay an undisclosed fine for violent conduct against Sporting KC. Bolanos, who has five goals and five assists in 22 appearances for the Whitecaps this season, clipped Sporting KCs Graham Zusi with his elbow in the 53rd minute of their MLS match last week.Pedro Morales leads Vancouver with six goals and six assists. Bolanos is second on the team in both categories. Kekuta Manneh has five goals.Los Angeles is led by Giovani dos Santos, who has nine goals and eight assists this season. Robbie Keane is second on the team with seven goals. Steven Gerrard leads the team with 11 assists.Its going to be a fight and were all going to have to work really hard, just like we did a couple days ago (in the win over Sporting KC), Vancouvers Russell Teibert said. ... Were going to have to do that down in LA if we want to get three points, which are crucial right now. Custom Hank Aaron Jersey . -- Lou Brocks shoulder-to-shoulder collision with Bill Freehan during the 1968 World Series and Pete Roses bruising hit on Ray Fosse in the 1970 All-Star game could become relics of baseball history, like the dead-ball era. Custom Bobby Cox Jersey . All of the scoring came in the final 20:04. Lucic scored on a power play at 15:46 of the third period, when he tipped a shot over Stars goalie Kari Lehtonen for a 3-1 lead. http://www.custombravesjersey.com/custom-bobby-cox-jersey-large-137z.html . 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Gayle has toured the USA with West Indies teams to New York in 2006 and Florida in 2012, and believes the fan base is present to support cricket but that the lack of regular events has stifled momentum.I think the US is cricket-orientated, Gayle said. When you look at the mixed culture here over in the US, I think you have a huge cricket base and cricket fans over here as well. I think the cricket from a West Indies point of view has been trying to break into the US market for years now. We havent been successful so its just always a bit of here and there.Hopefully the CPL will actually be consistent with having games here in the US. If its just a one-off thing, then itll be a problem for the game of cricket in the United States as well. If it can actually progress, I know this leg will be a good one for CPL and if it can continue next year and keep letting the people here in the US get a chance to see it live, then it should be a fantastic thing for the game of cricket here in the US as well.The most recent tour in 2012 provided good memories for Gayle. Opening the batting for West Indies in the first of two T20 internationals against New Zealand, Gayle struck an unbeaten 85 off 52 balls and combined with Kieron Pollard for a 108-run stand in the final 6.5 overs to post a total of 209 for 2, a record for the side which stood until January 2015. A series sweep over New Zealand in Florida set the tone for their World T20 triumph over Sri Lanka a few months later and Gayle said he was happy to be back in Lauderhill.It was a great memory to be honest with you, Gayle said. When you look back at it, you are always thinking what sort of wicket youre going to get to play on because a lot of cricket up here is playeed on the matting.dddddddddddd We played on a wicket that was very good to bat on. I dont see any difference since Ive just been out there from what happened in the past. So it should be a good wicket and hopefully a lot of runs can be scored on the wicket as well which will actually make the game more interesting.Its like here in the Caribbean. The sun is out, the beach is just down the road as well. I know everybodys looking forward to it. South Beach is a bit further away and everybodys having a good time as well. But its just good to be back and Im looking forward to the opportunity to play here again. Hopefully this will be a new beginning for CPL and will hope it progress over the next few years as well.Gayle also recalled the first-day sellout crowd of 15,000 people in 2012 for the West Indies matches. Though attendance has been capped for the CPL at 10,000, Gayle expects the atmosphere to be just as lively and is hoping the sizeable Jamaican expat population will give Tallawahs a boost for their games against St Lucia Zouks on Saturday and Sunday to help maintain their hold on the first place heading into the playoffs.When West Indies actually played New Zealand here, the turnout was tremendous, Gayle said. I think the CPL will bring out the crowd once more. The atmosphere that theyve seen on TV, Im sure they want to experience it for themselves as well so hopefully we get a good [crowd to] start on Thursday and then itll progress over the weekend as well. So it should be a good one and Im looking forward to it.Im happy on a personal point of view as well and as a team point of view to actually be at the top of the table. So hopefully we can actually maintain the momentum which we left in Jamaica and come in here and play against the Zouks on Saturday and Sunday, win at least one of those games and then move on to the final.Im sure youll see some Jamaican flags flying around. The support is actually good for us. Itll be noisy, its going to be a great atmosphere and hopefully everybody at the end of the day can walk away happy and then well move on to the finals in St Kitts. ' ' '