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.Friday Football: Waldo Returns, S.F. Quakes Opener & More
Even though the Galaxy and Chivas USA are on the road this weekend, there's still plenty of live soccer on tap in the Southland this weekend.
And Becks is excited anyway.
The Ventura County Fusion open their season tonight against the Bakersfield Brigade, who include Eric Wynalda in their squad.
The San Fernando Valley Quakes play their home opener Sunday in Calabasas against the Southern California Seahorses
The Earth Quakes feature the likes of Palos Verdes Estates' UCLA playmaker Kyle Nakazawa and former Galaxy player Benjamin Benditson.
Meanwhile, the PDL Los Angeles Legends play Orange County Blue Star