Wednesday Kicks: Henry, Angel - and a ukulele
The Galaxy's Juan Pablo Angel, David Beckham and Landon Donovan, and the Red Bulls' Dwayne De Rosario, Thierry Henry and Rafa Marquez should all be on the field Saturday in Carson as this promotional poster for the game suggests.
*The first 10,000 fans through the gates for the 8 p.m. Saturday game at Home Depot Center between the Galaxy and New York Red Bulls - which is expected to see Thierry Henry make his first-ever appearance in Carson - will receive this free poster. Henry missed last year's game against the Galaxy in Southern California with an injury and hadn't yet joined MLS when the Red Bulls played Chivas earlier in the season.
Notable: Despite closing in on two decades as a professional, 35-year-old Juan Pablo Angel is set to make a first-ever league game against a former club, according to fact-checkers with the Galaxy; "Prior to coming to MLS, Angel had played in Argentina , Colombia and England, but had never played for two teams in the same league."
*Meanwhile, Chivas USA is on the road this weekend against Real Salt Lake (1 p.m. Saturday Telefutura), which after two tough losses to Portland and Monterrey must be the MLS equivalent of a grizzly bear with a sore paw. Is this the best time for Chivas USA to face this club even if they do aspire to "greatness?"
*One local fan talks about his conversion to soccer.
*Finally, it's not just in midfield you can find former UCLA playmaker and now Philadelphia Union player Kyle Nakazawa of Palos Verdes Estates pulling strings; check out his ukulele proficiency:
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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