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.Becks & Bruins Wednesday
The Galaxy are in New Zealand readying for their next loss, um, game on Saturday.
Actually, they should have a chance of winnning this game since the Wellington Phoenix are an A-League expansion team currently lying seventh in the eight-team league.
Among their roster is former UC Santa Barbara defender Tony Lochhead who was drafted, but never played, for the New England Revolution.
UCLA plays today in their second round NCAA tournament game against Santa Clara.
The Daily Bruin has a preview here.
Finally, The (London) Times opines that OC resident Jurgen Klinsmann is not the man to become the next England coach.