Tuesday's Column: Stupid Soccer Tricks
Silly Mario: Manchester City's Mario Balotelli, seen here laying down on the job in a Boxing Day game, provided Southern California soccer fans with one of the year's funnier moments (Photo Ian Kington/AFP Photo/Getty Images).
The year's final column riffs on those endless end of year lists sports writers with nothing better to do (ahem) quickly write to keep the boss happy.
I'm no different. But let's at least have a little fun, huh?
How about three stupid soccer tricks CoCal style: Worst message to send an American soccer player, Worst trade/player acquisition of the year and Dumbest play of the year.
Read the column here.
Thanks for reading and join me again next year.
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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