SOCCER NOTEBOOK: DONOVAN PROMISES HE'LL PLAY THIS WEEK.Byline: Daily News Staff and Wire Services Landon Donovan Landon Timothy Donovan (born March 4, 1982 in Ontario, California), is an American professional soccer player on the Los Angeles Galaxy, who is the joint all-time leading scorer for the U.S. National Team (along with Eric Wynalda). didn't practice Tuesday and still looked weary from last weekend's bout with the flu, but he said he is confident he will make his Galaxy debut Saturday at Home Depot The Home Depot (NYSE: HD) is an American retailer of home improvement and construction products and services. Headquartered in Vinings, just outside Atlanta in unincorporated Cobb County, Georgia, Home Depot employs more than 355,000 people and operates 2,164 big-box Center against Real Salt Lake. Donovan, acquired Thursday from German club Bayer Leverkusen after Guatemalan striker Carlos Ruiz was traded to FC Dallas FC Dallas is a professional soccer (football) club based in Frisco, Texas, that participates in Major League Soccer. The club was known as the Dallas Burn from 1996 to 2004. The initials "FC" stand for Football Club. , had to watch as as the Galaxy lost its Major League Soccer opener, 3-0 Saturday at Columbus. Donovan practiced Friday with the Galaxy in Columbus, but he came down with symptoms of the flu and couldn't play against the Crew. ``It was frustrating,'' Donovan said, ``because I felt I played well Wednesday (in the U.S.'s 2-0 World Cup qualifying win over Guatemala in Birmingham, Ala.). When you play well, you want to keep playing.'' --Reserves debut: The Galaxy's reserve team begins its inaugural season at 10 a.m. Sunday at Home Depot Center against the Real Salt Lake reserves. - Larry Morgan --Chivas USA midfielder out: Chivas USA midfielder Francisco Gomez
Francisco Gomez (born January 25, 1979 in Watsonville, California) is an American soccer player, who is currently the , injured during Saturday's season-opening loss to D.C. United D.C. United is a professional soccer club located in Washington, D.C. that participates in Major League Soccer. The club's official nickname is the "Black-and-Red" and home uniforms are black and white with accents of red. The team's name refers to Washington, D.C. , will be sidelined at least four weeks with sprains of his left ankle and the medial collateral ligament The medial collateral ligament or MCL (or tibial collateral ligament) is one of the four major ligaments of the knee. It is on the medial or inner side of the joint. in his left knee. --Heysel remembered: Former Juventus stars Michel Platini Michel François Platini (born June 21, 1955) is a French former football manager and midfielder, and current president of the UEFA (Union of European Football Associations). and Ian Rush teamed with thousands of Liverpool fans Tuesday in an emotional ceremony to mark the 20th anniversary of the Heysel Stadium tragedy. Before Liverpool beat Italian giant Juventus 2-1 in the first leg of the European Champions League quarterfinals in Liverpool, fans at Anfield staged a brief ceremony remembering the 39 fans who died May 29, 1985. It was the first meeting between the clubs since the 1985 European Champions Cup European Champions Cup may refer to one of the following sports tournaments:
Before the match, dubbed the ``Game of Friendship,'' Liverpool fans presented to the Juve followers a banner bearing the first names of the dead and the words ``memoria e amicizia'' - ``in memory and friendship.'' Juventus fans wore armbands with the colors of the teams, red for Liverpool and black and white for Juve. ``It's a big night for both clubs,'' said Platini, who scored the only goal in the '85 final. ``The bad memories of that night will never go away, but let's hope that tonight will help everyone make friends.'' In Tuesday's other quarterfinal first leg, Dutch club PSV Eindhoven - with American midfielder DaMarcus Beasley - rallied for a 1-1 tie at French champion Lyon. |
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