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Because while the Galaxy celebrated its title by unfurling a championship banner before Sunday’s game, afterward San Diego celebrated as if it had just won a final by beating the champs.

“So a few people sounding off isn’t necessarily how I would want to draw it up. But they’re the champs. They have that right.”

In a segment recorded a few days before the game, former Super Bowl champs Tom Brady and Michael Strahan strode along Bourbon Street, telling viewers that the city’s spirit would not be shattered.

"It's a big blow to the boxing community and he'll be remembered greatly for the champ that he was," he said.

“That is what all of the nonprofits are going to be champing at the bit to know,” said Jenni Campbell, executive director of the L.A.