Friday, March 30, 2007

No, no, maybe

It seemed rather unlikely that Real Madrid would end their league campaign and then take off on a tour of the U.S. with little time for the players to rest. When the first report broke of such a thing, I was a little surprised because it seemed like there was little room in the Galaxy's schedule to accomodate such a game (Beckham had been rumored to play one half with Madrid, then another with the Galaxy)

One thing I should have learned from the debacle of the MLS Select team going to Spain in the middle of the 2005 season with no practice, a league mandate to pick at least one player from every MLS team (despite the squad's roster needs), and an exhausted Landon Donovan, is that there's always accomodations that can be made for Real Madrid.

So I'm skeptical of the Galaxy's first denial. They probably don't want to admit anything until it's set in stone, but MARCA has a story about Calderon returning from his preparation trip all hunky-dory. No specific plans or dates are mentioned, but the report does confirm a tour to the U.S. in June.

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