A David Beckham-less Galaxy plays Tigres at 5:30 p.m. in the World Series of Football opener at the HDC; in the night’s second game, England’s Chelsea plays Korea’s Samsung at 8:30 p.m. live on Fox Soccer Channel.

Dumb name for a pre-season tournament? I thought so as well. Here’s my regular weekly column.

Meanwhile, here’s more from Galaxy beat writer Billy Witz on Beckham’s inaugural practice Monday.

Here’s a little background on Tigres from Wikipedia.

And here’s some info from the same source on Samsung.