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.Chivas USA Coach Vasquez Joins Klinnsmann & More
He's soft-spoken. Unassuming. Mexican-American. The perfect No. 2 for Jurgen Klinsmann at Bayern Munich.
From the Chivas USA press release:
“Martín Vásquez has been a member of Chivas USA since the very beginning, and I would like to thank him for his service to our club. He will be sorely missed,” said Chivas USA Head Coach Preki. “Our search for an assistant who can capably fill Martín’s shoes has begun in earnest, and we look forward to making an announcement in the coming weeks.”“Working with Chivas USA since its first season in 2005 has been a valuable learning experience and a tremendous source of pride for me. I would like to thank Chivas USA’s players, coaching staff, and all my colleagues and friends in the organization for the chance to work with this special club during the past three years,” said Vásquez. “Although I look forward to working with Jürgen Klinsmann at an important institution such as Bayern Munich, out of respect for Bayern’s current manager Ottmar Hitzfeld, I shall refrain from making further public statements until officially assuming my new post in July.”
July? Nice vacation.
Oh, and The Washington Post's Steven Goff tells us what's going on in our own backyard. Barbados may be one of the few nations that don't have So. Cal contingents outnumbering U.S. fans.
Finally, the Pan-Pacific Championship press folks generate a generally vapid weekly report that this week included this exchange with Galaxy forward Carlos Ruiz: Q:
In Dallas you were the marquee star and the go-to person on the team, but obviously on the Galaxy there are several stars like Beckham and Landon Donovan. Does this change the way you will approach your role with LA?A: “We know what kind of stars, what kind of players we have on our team. My job is to come here, play well and try to score goals. I’m not trying to be a star. I’m trying to be a good player on the field and a good teammate outside of the field.”
No nightclubbing then?