Thursday Gameday
We'll find out tonight whether David Beckham is ready for MLS prime time when the Galaxy visits D.C. United. Kick off is at 4 p.m. on ESPN2.
Click the link for the obligatory update on Beckham's ankle and a game preview. (And it's worth going to the end of the story just to read the more than strained excuse for the racist chanting directed at American DaMarcus Beasley during a recent European game).
Updated 12:45 p.m.
Will Beckham play or not? Here's a sampling of today's headlines (in order of optimism):
Beckham hopes to make MLS debut tonight (The Examiner)
Ankle Is 'Looking Up' But Beckham Uncertain (The Washington Post)
Beckham appearance unlikely in D.C. (MLSnet.com)
That's settled then.
About 100 Percent Soccer
Sportswriter Nick Green has written the 100 Percent Soccer column since 2005 for the Daily News, Daily Breeze and other Los Angeles area newspapers. The blog of the same name began in 2007. 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 and is married to a long-suffering soccer widow. Join Nick on FaceBook and follow him on Twitter.
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