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.Tuesday's Column: So. Cal. MLS Roll Call
For Tuesday's column I took a look at the locals in MLS.
Read it here.
One correction to the column: Mike Caso was waived by the Galaxy, not Chivas USA.
Here's a list of the other Californians in MLS who weren't listed in the column for space reasons with their hometown and college affiliation:
Chicago Fire - C.J. Brown, Hayward, UCLA; Calen Carr, Berkeley, Cal; Peter Lowry, Fair Oaks, Santa Clara.
Chivas USA - Anthony Hamilton, Grand Terrace, UC Irvine; Sacha Kljestan, Huntington Beach, Seton Hall; Kraig Chiles, San Diego, San Diego State; Eric Ebert, Irvine, Cal.
Columbus Crew - Steven Lenhart, Yorba Linda, Azusa Pacific.
Colorado Rapids - Jordan Harvey, Mission Viejo, UCLA; Jovan Kirovski, Escondido.
FC Dallas - Eric Avila, San Diego, UC Santa Barbara.
Houston Dynamo - Johnny Alcavez, Santa Barbara, UC Santa Barbara & Westmont College; Patrick Ianni, Lodi, UCLA; Chris Wondolowski, Danville, Chico State; Nick Hatzke, San Jose, Cal; Stephen Wondolowski, Danville, UC Santa Cruz.
Kansas City Wizards - Eric Kronberg, Santa Rosa, Cal; Tyson Wahl, Newport Beach, Cal; Matt Marquess, Palo Alto, UC Santa Cruz & UC Santa Barbara.
Galaxy - Troy Roberts, Fremont, Cal.
New England Revolution - Amaechi Igwe, Belmont, Santa Clara; Matt Reis, Mission Viejo, UCLA.
New York Red Bulls - Kevin Goldthwaite, Sacramento, Notre Dame; Luke Sassano, Orinda, Cal.
Real Salt Lake - Chris Seitz, San Luis Obispo, Maryland; Brennan Tennelle, San Diego, UC Santa Barbara; Ian Joy, San Diego, Nick Rimando, Montclair, UCLA.
San Jose Earthquakes - Ramiro Corrales, Salinas; Eric Denton, Manteca, Santa Clara; Matt Hatzke, San Jose, Santa Clara; Jamil Roberts, Fremont, Santa Clara.
Toronto - Marvell Wynne, Poway, UCLA.
Who did I miss?