Sunday Chivas USA Gameday & More
Goats Verses Bulls
The best player in MLS -- New York Red Bull Juan Pablo Angel -- visits Carson today, but few are likely to see the 5 p.m. game between Chivas USA and Bruce Arena's team in person.Much of the club's Mexican-American fan base will no doubt be preoccupied with the noon Mexico-Panama game on Telemundo or the 1 p.m. Brazil-U.S. friendly on ESPN2.
Chivas USA is taking steps to improve its profile and woeful attendance though -- hiring former AEG executiuve Shawn Hunter, who knows all about selling tickets at the HDC, as its new CEO.
Today's game is on Prime Ticket; here's a preview.
Champions Verses Champions?
The U.S. Men's National Team seeks to avoid a fourth consecutive loss, going up against a star-studded Brazilian side it has a 1-11 record against all-time.The lone win came in the 1998 Gold Cup at the Coliseum when goalkeeper Kasey Keller produced save after spectacular save to keep the Brazilians at bay, prompting Romario to declare it was "the greatest performance I have ever seen by a goalkeeper."
Keller isn't on today's roster for the game between the champions of North and South America.
The U.S. roster, with an average age of 25, is led by Galaxy playmaker Landon Donovan, now tied with Eric Wynalda for most goals all-time (34) for the national team and most goals in a single year (9) as well as most points in a year (21) with Cobi Jones.
Headlining for Brazil: Kaka and Ronaldinho (gulp).
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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