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.U.S. Olympic Team Held to Scoreless Draw in China Thursday and More
The U.S. Under-23 Men's National Team tied China 0-0 today with all but three members of the squad getting some playing time.
Meanwhile, it seems all but certain that the Galaxy's David Beckham will be reunited with his former Real Madrid coach Fabio Capello, who is expected to become the next Engand manager.
Incidentally, fellow blogger Scott Wolf is reporting that the USC pointy-ball team will practice Dec. 20-22 on the lush soccer fields of Home Depot Center ahead of the Rose Bowl game. "They wanted a different venue to shake up the routine since this is the third straight Rose Bowl," Scott told me in an e-mail.
Here's a look at Wednesday's prep action with stories from the Daily Breeze here and here as well as the Daily News.
A photo gallery of the Banning-San Pedro game is here
Finally, some of you may have noticed the Daily Breeze Web site has a new look, including a page devoted to soccer.