U.S.-Sweden at Home Depot Center
There are two debutants on the starting U.S. XI tonight - Rolling Hills Estates' Robbie Rogers and goalkeeper Troy Perkins.
Also starting: two Chivas USA players, a former Galaxy defender and a second player from the Palos Verdes Peninsula. (Bonus points if you know who is who). The most capped player on the starting lineup: Brian Ching (who is also the top scorer with nine).
The full starting lineup: Perkins, Danny Califf (capt.), Michael Parkhurst, Jonathan Bornstein, Charlie Davies, Brian Ching, Marvell Wynne, Ricardo Clark, Sacha Kljestan, John Thorrington, Rogers.
The game is on Fox Soccer Channel.
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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