Tuesday's Column: SuperLiga Preview
I was skeptical when SuperLiga was first announced last year.
Did we really need yet another tournament clogging up the schedule?
Well, the quality of the soccer won me over last year, especially after it became clear the Mexican teams involved were motivated and not just here on vacation.
So mark your calendars and check out the tournament preview.
A complete schedule is here (although curiously much of the rest of the Web site hasn't been updated).
Video highlights of last year's tournament (including Chris Klein's great bicycle kick) and a look at this year's participants are in this promo clip.
And a tip of the hat to those readers who e-mailed to point out it's SANTOS Laguna, not the name I used in the column.
I knew that. I just didn't write it!
About 100 Percent Soccer
Sportswriter Nick Green has written the 100 Percent Soccer column since 2005 for the Daily News, Daily Breeze and other Los Angeles area newspapers. The blog of the same name began in 2007. 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 and is married to a long-suffering soccer widow. Join Nick on FaceBook and follow him on Twitter.
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