Sunday Soccer Gameday: Chivas USA, Sol & More
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El Salvador's Rene Gonzales, left, and the rest of his team presented a bigger hurdle for the Galaxy's Landon Donovan and his U.S. teammates than expected.
*That was close - a below par U.S. clawed back a two-goal deficit Saturday to tie El Salvador 2-2 in World Cup qualifying.
*Chivas USA seeks its second consecutive win to open the MLS season against Dallas at noon (live on TeleFutura and Prime) and will face their opponents' backup goalkeeper.
*More than 10,000 are expected at Home Depot Center today for the inaugural Women's Professional Soccer game between the L.A. Sol and Washington Freedom (live at 3 p.m. on Fox Soccer Channel). The Sol perspective is here; more on the Freedom is here.
Sol injuries: Midfielder Aly Wagner is doubtful with a left hip strain (and won't start - she's Twittering) and striker Han Duan is listed as probable with a left knee sprain.
Twittering details:
Follow Wagner here.
Follow the Freedom's Kati Jo Spisak here.
Follow WPS Commissioner Tonya Antonucci here.
Follow Sol General Manager Charlie Naimo here.
And I will blog/Twitter from the game, too.
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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