Women's World Cup Monday & More
Women's World Cup Underway
The 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup began this morning with Germany crushing Argentina.The U.S. Women begin play at 1:55 a.m. Tuesday so set your TiVo. Coach Greg Ryan believes the first game against North Korea will be his team's toughest test in group play.
Fox Soccer Channel will have a preview that airs at 5 and 8 tonight.
More than 200 countries will watch this year's tournament, up significantly from the 144 that watched the 2003 version from the U.S.
I'll have more on the World Cup in Tuesday's weekly column including news of a second Southern California resident playing in the tournament (Torrance's Shannon Boxx is a starter for the U.S. of course).
Weekend Roundup
A summary of the U.S. and Mexico games and other Sunday soccer action is here.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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