Tuesday's Column: Galaxy's Keane makes himself at home in LA
Eye on the prize: Robbie Keane scores Saturday against Vancouver for his third goal in four starts since joining the Galaxy (Getty Images).
And it didn't take him long to get comfortable.
I spoke with Robbie Keane Monday at Home Depot Center - between bouts of his bantering with fellow Brit Chris Birchall - after his just what the doctor ordered start to his Galaxy career.
Fans will be happiest if he does most of his talking on the field.
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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.
Irish national team captain Keane might be surprised you think he's a "Brit."
Yeah, I know, I know, EPL and all that. Still...
You are right; just because he's from the British Isles (a geographic reference) doesn't make Keane a Brit (a political/nationalistic reference).
Apologies to all natives of Ireland this Englishman carelessly offended...
I thought you meant Birchall was a fellow Brit with you... just trying to help you out.