The Boston Derby - in Europe

As most fans know, Liverpool FC plays AS Roma tomorrow in the first leg of the UEFA Champions League semi-finals at Anfield Stadium in Liverpool. What many may not realize is that both teams are owned by Boston businessmen, Liverpool by John Henry and a group of business executives and Roma by James Pallotta and a different team of executives.  Pallotta is a part owner of the Celtics and Henry the principal owner of the Red Sox.

The pre-game story is in today's Boston Globe.

“This is a great story line — the two Boston ownerships facing each other,” the Globe quotes Rich D’Amore, a local owner of AS Roma, as saying. “I’ll take this.”

Lloyd's 100th Goal

All he wanted was for his daughter to get one cap, one chance with the full national team, Carli Lloyd's father told me one night at the Medford Strikers soccer fields while his son was practicing.  She was a star at Rutgers and had played for the U20 and U23 national teams but had yet to crack the full national team.

We all know how that turned out as Lloyd long ago notched her 200th cap.  Today, before 15,349 fans in Houston she became the sixth woman to score 100 goals for the United States when her header put the U.S. up, 3-2 against Mexico enroute to a 6-2 victory.

Ahead of Lloyd on the scoring list are Abby Wambach (184), Mia Hamm (158), Kristine Lilly (130), Michelle Akers (107) and Tiffany Milbrett (100).

The U.S. Soccer story on the game, which includes video of all the goals, is here.