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.Olympic Qualifying Preview: Canada-Mexico & Word on the MLS All-Star Game
The crowds are already waiting for the gates to open at Home Depot Center for the first of two Olympic qualifiers there tonight, Guatemala against Haiti.
Top billing though goes to the 8 p.m. game between Mexico and Canada.
The San Diego Union-Tribune caught up with Mexico while the team trained in that city while The Toronto Star provides the Canadian perspective.
The Star is also reporting on the opponent for the MLS All-Star Game in Toronto - England's West Ham United.
I'll have more tonight from Carson.