Tuesday Kicks: Becks, Donovan, Chivas USA & More
No pain, no game for Landon Donovan and Everton over Sporting Lisbon today in the Europa Cup (AP Photo).
Assorted links for the day:
*Everton beat Portugal's Sporting Lisbon 2-1 in the Europa Cup. Game story. Landon Donovan had one of those games where he flitted in and out of the contest, but still managed to pose problems when he did re-emerge periodically (a "cameo" appearance observed one commentator). The Galaxy midfielder went the full 90.
*David Beckham was on the losing end of today's UEFA Champions League contest against Manchester United, but things could have been far worse before AC Milan pulled back a late goal through Clarence Seedorf who replaced the on-loan Galaxy star. Becks supplied the free kick that led to Ronaldinho's opening goal.
*Chivas USA lost 2-1 today to Universidad de Guadalajara with Justin Braun scoring for the MLS outfit.
Chivas USA - Jon Conway (Dan Kennedy '45), Mariano Trujillo (Miguel Sanchez '45), Emilio Viades (Carlos Borja '45), Carey Talley, Ante Jazic, Michael Lahoud (Blair Gavin '45), Marcelo Saragosa (Chris Ross '59), Osael Romero (Cesar Zamora '73), Jorge Flores, Justin Braun (Artur Aghasyan '45), Maykel Galindo (Omar Padilla '45).
*The U.S. will play Turkey in Philadelphia May 29 in the final game before the World Cup.
*UCLA product Benny Feilhaber is the latest U.S. star to go down injured..
*Central defender Clarence Goodson is on his way to the USMNT training camp in Carson.
*I chatted with former Galaxy goalkeeper Kevin Hartman on Facebook Monday who told me his agent is shopping him around the league. Here's more on that.
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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.
"This, Landon, is what happens when the league does not instruct the referees to plant their lips between your butt cheeks."