Columnist Nick Green has written 100 Percent Soccer
since 2005. 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.
Married to a long-suffering soccer widow, he has a cat
named Pele.Thursday Galaxy Gameday & More
Of Cobi, Angel and Beck's
Galaxy great Cobi Jones plays his final home game tonight, likely MLS MVP Juan Pablo Angel plays his first MLS game against the Galaxy at Home Depot Center and there could be an appearance by David Beckham.Beat writer Billy Witz has a Cobi profile and explains the substitution rule and how it relates to Beckham for soccer illiterates.
Kick off is at 8 p.m. on ESPN2 and I'll blog as usual.
Given the quality of the designated players on the field tonight, (and no, I'm not going to explain what that means) MLS has just released a timely YouTube clip of the pricey imports' season highlights:
U.S. Wins & Mexico Loses
Guatemala inflicted a rare defeat on Mexico at the Coliseum last night, while the U.S. men and women both won.I don't even want to talk about England.
Comments
Nick Green, your article on Cobi Jones this morning was absolutely phenomenal. I'm praying for that kind of physical space for soccer covarage on a daily basis. Thanks, Mike.
Mike, thanks, but kudos should go to Galaxy beat writer Billy Witz-Nick (and it was a great read).
Posted by: Michael | October 18, 2007 2:55 PM
Sorry Nick Green, it was Billy Witz article this morning on Cobi that I thought was awesome. My apologies to Billy for my mix up!, Michael
Posted by: Michael | October 18, 2007 3:04 PM