MLS Cup 2011 Eve: Galaxy host the Houston Dynamo in Carson Sunday
Old reliable: Underrated Todd Dunivant, as Dane Richards and the New York Red Bulls would testify, has been among the chief reasons for the Galaxy's smothering defense this season (Photo by Getty Images).
The telecast from a sold-out Home Depot Center in Carson is set to start at 6 p.m. on ESPN and Galavision:
*The probable starting lineups.
*The weather forecast calls for rain.
*Staff Writer Phil Collin profiles Galaxy defender Todd Dunivant, an unsung veteran who leads by example and, like many Galaxy players this year, is arguably having his best season yet.
*Phil also wraps up the odds and ends from the Galaxy's Friday practice.
*Staff Writer Sandy Mazza tagged along Friday as MLS refurbished a library in Carson.
*In many respects the Galaxy are trying to emulate the MLS record of their opponents.
*The unlikeliest of MLS Cup final opponents: the Galaxy's David Beckham and the Dynamo's Adam Moffatt.
*Houston's Brian Ching reveals next season could be his last.
Also on Friday:
*Long Beach Press-Telegram Staff Writer Dave Werstine saw the Long Beach State women's team make NCAA Tournament history on Friday.
*UCLA's season, meanwhile, came to an unexpected end last night.
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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