Friday Football: Landon Donovan is a Toffee (& More)
What they're playing for: the UEFA Champions League trophy pictured today at the draw for the final 16 teams in Switzerland. (AP Photo)
Donovan's loan deal with Everton was officially announced today.
Meanwhile, AC Milan and sometime Galaxy guy David Beckham will face a familiar foe in the next round of the Champions League.
Quotable:
"I think David wanted this match and destiny looked after him," Milan director Umberto Gandini told the Associated Press at UEFA headquarters.
The first legs will be played Feb. 16-17 and 23-24, and the return matches are set for March 9-10 and 16-17.
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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