World Cup and Gold Cup Update
Briefly:
*U.S. Soccer President Sunil Gulati will fill reporters in on the federation's bids for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups on a conference call in about an hour. I'll have more on that in Tuesday's column.
*Meanwhile, Mexico's squad to face the U.S. in next week's opening World Cup qualifier of the final round was named and is the subject of (some) amusement and (much) criticism.
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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