Wednesday Wrap
U.S. Open Cup Final Preview
The game between the New England Revolution and F.C. Dallas may not involve So. Cal teams, but it is our equivalent of the English F.A. Cup Final so deserves a little attention.The game airs live at 5 p.m. on Fox Soccer Channel, by the way.
Here's the Dallas perspective. (No equal treatment: The Boston Globe annoyingly requires you to register.
Chivas Downs D.C.
CD Guadalajara, the team sometimes called the most popular sports franchise in Southern California prevailed on the away-goals rule against D.C. United Tuesday in the Sudamericana.College Roundup
UCLA's sophomore forward David Estrada scored the game-winning goal in UCLA’s 1-0 shutout victory over San Diego on Tuesday in just his second game back after missing the first seven games of the year with a fractured metatarsal.UCLA's record improves to 4-4-1, while San Diego drops to 3-5-0. The Bruins begin Pac-10 play Saturday at San Diego State.
Forwards Corrie Hirokawa (North Torrance High) and Norwalk's Yvonne Vasquez (Santa Fe High) both scored as 25th-ranked Cal State Dominguez Hills came from behind to beat Western Washington 2-1 Tuesday at Toro Stadium.
CSUDH hits the road for CCAA Conference play the next two weekends before returning home Oct. 19 to host Cal State Stanislaus for the second-to-last weekend of the regular season.
The Cal State Northridge men open Big West play at 7 tonight against (4-4) Cal State Fullerton at Titan Stadium.
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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