Weekend TV Football Viewing Options
Any self-respecting Galaxy fan should crawl out of bed at 4:30 a.m. Saturday (or set up the DVR) to see what may be one of the most absorbing EPL games of the year so far from an American perspective - Landon Donovan (and Tim Howard) and Everton against the mighty Manchester United, Wayne Rooney and all. Best of all, it's on in HD on ESPN2.
Need more reasons to get psyched? Here's a selection of stories previewing the game (or focusing on Donovan) including:
*Sports Ilustrated's Grant Wahl on the potential implications for the Galaxy on Donovan's form (which I not coincidentally agree with completely) you can read here.
*The Daily Express on American soccer's (and Donovan's) search for respect.
*The game basics, including likely starting lineups, from the Guardian here.
*The Daily Telegraph's take on the game.
Other games I'll be keeping an eye on this weekend include:
*7 a.m. Saturday Fox Soccer Channel Wolves-Chelsea
*7 a.m. Sunday FSC Manchester City-Liverpool
*11:30 a.m. Sunday FSC Bari-AC Milan
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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.
I got up to watch our local hero do good yet again. He can play with the best of them. He has nothing left to prove to anyone, including himself. Now he needs to come home and help this league stay on it's feet.
Well, I wasn't loyal enough to wake up THAT early but did set the DVR and enjoyed a great game this morning with my coffee. Fun stuff end to end!!