Monday Kicks: The essential Beckham injury graphic & more
More on David Beckham's injury in Tuesday's column.
Also noted today:
*The U.S. plays Australia June 5 in South Africa, one week before its World Cup opener. ESPN2 airs the game at 5:30 a.m.
*Chivas USA officially presents new central defender Michael Umaña Tuesday at Costa Rica Restaurant in Anaheim.
*Galaxy striker Alan Gordon is still rehabbing a bone bruise to his left knee he suffered shortly before the club's 10-day camp in Arizona, while Jovan Kirovski sprained the MCL in his left knee in training at the start of this month. Neither played in last week's friendly in Fullerton. Clint Mathis remains out for at least another four weeks with a torn meniscus in his left knee.
*MLS labor negotiations from a legal perspective. Essential reading. Tip of the hat to du Nord for the link.
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The lawyer makes the rather large leap from free agency to runaway costs, with absolutely no explanation how A would inexorably lead to B. Free agency and a salary cap can co-exist. (Well, except we all know that in MLS the "salary cap" is what the league wants it to be at any given moment in time, much like their "rules" ...)