LA Galaxy Deny Iran Friendly

GOAL - According to the Iranian media, US club LA Galaxy have refuted reports that they will play a friendly match against the Iranian national team.

Just days after the Iranian Football Federation (IFF) announced that the Los Angeles Galaxy had requested a friendly game against the Iranian National Team, the Galaxy have denied the reports.

“The Galaxy has no plans to play Iran anytime in the near future," a club official said, according to IranSportsPress.com. "It is very rare for the Galaxy to play any national team. The Galaxy likes to play top tier friendly matches against other clubs and let the U.S. National Team play the friendlies against other national teams.”

The purported friendly was to be held in the U.S. In an official statement released earlier this week, IFF official Hassan Ghaffari assured Iranian fans that “a friendly encounter against LA Galaxy is scheduled to take place in June 2008, once the IFF receives an official invitation from the U.S Football Federation."