Sunday Galaxy Gameday & Women's World Cup
Late and light post this morning, since some of the boys in the press box hung out at the bar at Alpine Village, a true kitschy South Bay institution, after the Chivas USA game and I got home at 2 a.m. just in time to watch the U.S.-Norway game.
If you didn't stay up, you can catch up on the action here.
The U.S. found a measure of redemption with its win, but here's a memo for U.S. Soccer President Sunil Gulati: hire Germany Coach Neid Silvia.
Discipline beat flair in the World Cup final, with Germany showing the U.S. how to stifle Brazil.
Meanwhile, the Galaxy continue their improbable playoff slog today against former Coach Sigi Schmid's Columbus Crew.
The game is sold out (thanks to Beckham) and the Crew are asking fans to wear black in what the team is dubbing a "black out."
Galaxy beat writer Billy Witz has a preview of the game and its playoff implications. The game is delayed three hours until 5 p.m. on FSN.
The Crew have plenty to play for as well, sitting just two points behind Chicago for the last playoff spot.
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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.
Congrats to Germany. We'll see them in the 2008 Olympics.