Standing Water News
du Nord, May 31, 2006
Sports Illustrated explodes with soccer today in their World Cup features and magazine cover story. Donovan, Beasley, Onyewu and Convey grace the front!~ ~ ~ ~2 MLS games tonightDC United v Columbus Crew at 6:30pm central on Direct KickColorado Rapids v Los Angeles Galaxy at 8:30 central on Direct Kick~ ~ ~ ~Jaime Moreno of DC United was named MLS Player of the Week.~ ~ ~ ~Big feature story on the life of DC United striker Alecko Eskandarian in today's Washington Post by Mike Wise.~ ~ ~ ~And the same papers Steve Goff writes about the return to the DC lineup of midfielder Clyde Simms.~ ~ ~ ~Beau Dure unleashed this gem today at Soccer Sweep: Tonight is the LA Galaxies last chance to do something in the month of May that they have yet to accomplish - score a goal!~ ~ ~ ~Besides missing Landon Donovan, Chris Albright and Cornell to the World Cup, LA will also be without injured regulars Cobi Jones and Peter Vagenas. Colorado will be without striker Nico Hernandez, and could miss defender Aitor Karanka (ankle)