Becks Starts in AC Milan Debut
Contrary to previous reports, David Beckham started and went 45 minutes in AC Milan's friendly in Dubai today. Game details here.
Now we'll see whether he makes his Serie A debut Sunday against Roma in a game scheduled to air live at 11:30 a.m. on Fox Soccer Channel.
Also:
* Sky Blue FC - the New York-New Jersey Women's Professional Soccer entry - announced today the club's first player signings, who include Pali Blues' Australian international Collette McCallum. The 22-year-old set piece specialist scored five goals in eight games for the W-League champions last season.
*Following a 72-player mega-camp at Home Depot Center, U.S. Men's Under-18 National Team Coach Mike Matkovich has named an 18-player squad for the Australian Youth Olympic Festival that takes place later this month. Southern Californians on the squad include Miles Byass (Arsenal FC; San Bernardino).
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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.
What does Arsenal FC mean? Is he going to England for development or is that some local club?
Nick replies: Yeah, Arsenal is also a local club team, not the EPL north London club.