Tuesday's InterLiga Column & More
Pachuca became the first team to qualify for the InterLiga finals with a 1-0 win Monday night over Toluca in Houston; Tecos also beat Morelia.
Club America faces Tigres, while Chivas plays Atlas tonight in Frisco, Texas before the tournament heads to Home Depot Center Thursday, Friday and Sunday.
Plenty of tickets are still available. Those needing a tournament primer should read my column that ran today.
In other items of note today:
*David Beckham is apparently out of today's AC Milan friendly in Dubai because of a slight muscle strain. Ooops, organizers sold more than 17,000 tickets presumably large on the strength of a Beckham appearance in a game sponsored by "His Highness Shaikh Hamdan Bin Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai." (try saying that fast more than once).
*The Galaxy are again holding open tryouts next month and a chance at a pro career is a mere $150.
More than 400 players participated last year, which means the Galaxy pocketed over $60,000. Is this an opportunity or a lesson in exploiting faint dreams?
*Oh, and the Galaxy checked in Monday with the less than surprising news that Landon Donovan is officially on loan to Bayern Munich through March 8. Unofficially, of course, he doesn't want to come back.
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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