Columnist Nick Green has written 100 Percent Soccer
since 2005. A
native of England, he began writing about soccer in
the mid-1980s and in 2000 permanently exchanged a seat
in the stands for one in
the press box. He lives six miles from Carson's Home
Depot Center, home of the Los Angeles Galaxy, Chivas
USA and the training headquarters for U.S. Soccer.
Married to a long-suffering soccer widow, he has a cat
named Pele.Chelsea 0 Galaxy 0 (Half Time)
Chelsea overwhelmingly had the better of the possession in the first 45 minutes, but didn't have their shooting boots on in only their third game of the preseason.
Young Galaxy defenders Ty Harden and Troy Roberts looked out of their depth at times, but Chelsea were unable to capitalize despite some shaky defending from the two in what is undoubtedly the biggest game of their respective careers.
Although there was a marked lack of midfield creativity from the Galaxy, which found it difficult to maintain possession, they weren't without scoring chances.
A Cobi Jones cross skidded off Kyle Martino's head in the 19th minute that just flashed wide.
And Chelsea goalkeeper Peter Czech had to stretch to foil an Abel Xavier header from a Landon Donovan free kick in the 39th minute.
But Chelsea are clearly not firing on all cylinders yet.
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Chelsea dominating Galaxy... Has Donovan touched the rock once? Martino could of been a hero. Check out Objectivo.com for all the latest Football news...
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Posted by: Matt | July 21, 2007 7:44 PM