Wednesday Wrap: Becks and a Bruin & the Hopeful and Homeless
Quickly:
*David Beckham + long flight = nothing to say.
*Bruin Sydney Leroux and the U.S. Under-20 Women's National Team are 90 minutes away from the final of the Under-20 Women's World Cup when they play at 2 p.m. Thursday on ESPNU against Germany. The former player for Canada has four goals, while the team as a whole has scored nine in three games and conceded none. The winner plays France or North Korea on Sunday.
*Women's Professional Soccer today announced the list of 144 players that will attend its two combines that begin Dec. 11.
Locals invited include defenders Sasha Andrews and Carrie Dew, goalkeeper Karen Bardsley, midfielder Chioma Igwe, forwards Rosie Tantillo, Mele French and Katy Cross, (all Pali Blues); striker Tina DiMartino (UCLA); midfielder Ashley Nick (USC) and goalkeeper Joslyn Slovek (Ventura County Fusion).
The 2009 WPS draft is Jan.16. There are also local tryouts in February.
*The Homeless World Cup has started. Columnist Tom Hoffarth has the essentials. The latest on this year's version is here (great headline on that latter one).
To finish, today's APOD. Good night.
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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.
I'm looking forward to the WPS and I know it's a pain in the ... to start up a league, but they have way too many drafts...
Any info on the Galaxy guys who stayed in LA... There are some rumors going around that not only Becks/Donovan are (temporarily or permanently) off, but as well Edson Buddle, and that Twellman could be coming too?
Ben, Twellman's not going anywhere. He's out indefinitely with a concussion. Arena would be foolish to take a chance on him.