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 at the Galaxy
Tigres disposed of the Suwon Bluewings on the strength of three first half goals, two from Jose Fonseca and one from Walter Gaitan in the opening game.
Now it's on to the main event.
There are two changes to the Galaxy's starting line-up from the Tigres game earlier in the week: Peter Vagenas is on the bench, while Chris Klein isn't on the roster at all. In come Cobi Jones and striker Alan Gordon.
And yes, David Beckham is on the bench, but he did not participate in the pre-match warm-up.
Chelsea starts John Terry, Tal Ben Haim, Richard Carvalho and Paulo Ferreira in defense.
New signing Florent Malouda as well as Frank Lampard and Michael Essien comprise the midfield.
Up top: Shaun Wright-Phillips, Salomon Kalou and Didier Drogba.
Kick off is at 6 p.m. on ESPN.