Vegas Friday
I'm off to Las Vegas for the weekend so posting will be negligible (no column Tuesday either), although I will check out the EPL odds on opening weekend in the sports book.
David Beckham, nice guy that he is, got on the field for the Galaxy last night in the nation's capital. The Galaxy still lost, however, 1-0 to D.C. in a rather tepid 10-man performance (Kyle Martino was sent off) in a downpour.
There's close to two dozen (!) soccer games on TV this weekend, including the penultimate game Sunday in the U.S. Women's Send-Off Series against New Zealand. The final game before the World Cup is set for Aug. 25 at Home Depot Center against Finland.
I've set my TiVo for Reading against Manchester United (8 a.m. Sunday on Fox Soccer Channel) and Galaxy verses New England (4 p.m. Sunday on FSN), although with any luck I'll watch the latter game in a cabana at the pool.
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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.
Hahnemann was incredible against Man U. Wonder who will be the starting GK for the US?