Friday football: Galaxy wedding royalty & more
Not amused: A pregnant Mrs. Beckham does her best Queen Victoria impression as Galaxy midfielder and hubby David Beckham pats her tummy today before the wedding of Britain's Prince William and Kate Middleton at London's Westminster Abbey (AP Photo).
*Before you ask, yes, David Beckham will be in uniform when the Western Conference-leading Galaxy (4-1-3) plays at seventh-place Dallas (2-3-1) Sunday (live 4 p.m. FSN).
*Injury-plagued Chivas USA, (1-2-3) meanwhile, faces a rapidly-evolving New England Revolution (2-2-3) at 7:30 p.m. Saturday in Carson.
Goats fans will have a chance to see the player the club decided to take a pass on: Benny Feilhaber.
*The new USL Pro LA Blues (3-0-1) return from a season-opening four-game road trip to the Caribbean to face Antigua Barracuda FC at 5 p.m. Sunday at Cal State Fullerton's Titan Stadium. The first 300 fans in attendance at their first-ever game will receive a free 2011 Los Angeles Blues schedule poster.
The game can also be seen live here.
*Finally, my don't miss game of the weekend - Arsenal-Manchester United, 6 a.m. Fox Soccer Channel.
For a complete listing of all the games, click the Live Soccer TV link at top right.
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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.
Nick, is Beckham wearing the OBE on his right lapel?
Yeah, he switched it to the correct left lapel before the ceremony began.