Tuesday's column, Beckham and More
Former U.S. Soccer president Alan Rothenberg, former Cosmos defender Bobby Smith and retired U.S. internationals Julie Foudy and Mia Hamm donned red jackets Sunday for their induction into the National Soccer Hall of Fame.
Guess which one Tuesday's column pays tribute to.
No Beckham, no SuperLiga title
Looks like the half-empty Home Depot Center Wednesday will see less than half a team with less than half a chance to win the inaugural SuperLiga tournament.Updated 3:45 p.m.
Beck's will play Wednesday after all.
Turns out the weekly Galaxy update issued every Monday had old info on players' injuries. Naturally, our reporter assumed a current press release contained current information. Not so, apparently.
Wonder when the last time Beckham played in front of just 12,500 people (the stadium's capacity was cut for the game because school has just resumed on the CSUDH campus)?
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Sportswriter Nick Green has written the 100 Percent Soccer column since 2005. 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.
Well Nick,
In his Spanish years, Beckham would have played in Getafe, which only seats 14,00 and there are several Spanish Stadiums which seat under 20,000 - so this won't be a complete shock. Heck the place wasn't all that full for the United match two weeks ago.