Nick Green South Bay Soccer Collection

Collection

Identifier: SPC-2021-017

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The Nick Green South Bay Soccer Collection (1984-2018, undated) contains 12 boxes and 11.17 linear feet of media guides, game programs, game notes, press clippings, books, DVDs, "Tiro Libre" issues, gameday information distributed to the media only, magazines, "SuperLiga" programs, and MLS "Freekick" programs. It also contains material related to LA Galaxy, Chivas USA, Major League Soccer (MLS), Los Angeles Sol, U.S. Under-20 men's national soccer team, U.S. men's and women's national soccer teams, and men's and women's college soccer. The bulk of the collection consists of material regarding soccer related events held in the stadium located at CSU Dominguez Hills, formerly known as the Home Depot Center, which opened in 2003 and is now called Dignity Health Sports Park. Series I: LA Galaxy Materials includes game notes, press clippings, articles, MLS news releases, MLS regular season statistics, L.A. Galaxy game starting lineups, MLS "Freekick" programs, and other related material. Series II: Chivas USA Materials includes game notes, press clippings, Chivas game guides, game rosters, starting lineups, issues of "Tiro Libre," and other related material. Series III: Major League Soccer Materials includes MLS "Freekick" programs, game notes, yearbooks, MLS soccer magazines, media guides, and other related material. Series IV: U.S. Men's and Women's National Soccer includes yearbooks, media guides, game notes, handbooks, Under 20 U.S. team, and information about various games. Series V: Men's and Women's College Soccer includes game notes, press clippings, articles, NCAA College Cup information, and other related material. The series also contains UCLA, CSUN, USF, and CSU Fullerton games information. Series VI: Soccer Related Materials includes game notes, press clippings, articles, magazines, programs, and women's United Soccer Association information. This series also contains Los Angeles Heat, Ventura County Fusion, Los Angeles FC game information, and other related material.

Dates

1984-2018; undated

Creator

Green, Nick (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

There are no access restrictions on this collection.

Conditions Governing Use

All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Director of Archives and Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical materials and not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.

Biographical / Historical

Nick Green was born in England and graduated from the University of Washington in Seattle. He is a former Daily Breeze newspaper reporter, columnist, and blogger based in the South Bay of Southern California. Green spent over two decades with the Daily Breeze newspaper covering soccer in Torrance, Lomita, Carson, and the Palos Verdes Peninsula as the South Bay evolved into the hub of American soccer. The CSU Dominguez Hills multi-use sports complex, Dignity Health Sports Park, hosted two Major League Soccer franchises (LA Galaxy and Chivas USA) and the National Training Center, used by the U.S. men's and women's national teams. Green is also a naturalized Canadian citizen. He retired in 2021 and moved to British Columbia, Canada, with his wife.

Extent

12 boxes (two document boxes; nine record storage boxes; one oversized box; one oversized item)

11.17 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Spanish; Castilian

Additional Description

Abstract

The Nick Green South Bay Soccer Collection documents soccer events in the South Bay and Los Angeles covered by the reporter and columnist Nick Green. The bulk of the material is devoted to soccer related events held in the stadium located at CSU Dominguez Hills, formerly known as Home Depot Center, which opened in 2003 and is now called Dignity Health Sports Park. The stadium hosts soccer games by the LA Galaxy of Major League Soccer, U.S. men's and women's national soccer teams, and men's and women's college soccer. It was also home to two defunct clubs, the MLS team Chivas USA and Los Angeles Sol of the women's professional soccer. The extent of the collection consists of media guides, game programs, gameday information distributed to the media only, MLS official programs, press clippings, books, DVDs, magazines, and other related items.

Arrangement

This collection is arranged into six series.

Series I: LA Galaxy Materials, 1996-2017
Series II: Chivas USA Materials, 2003, 2005-2013
Series III: Major League Soccer Materials, 1996-2017; undated
Series IV: U.S. Men's and Women's National Soccer teams, 1996-2018
Series V: Men's and Women's College Soccer, 1984-1991, 1997, 2002-2009
Series VI: Soccer Other Materials, 1985, 1989-2015

Separated Materials

The following books were separated from the archival collection and will be cataloged separately. "The Story of a Warrior Claudio Suarez" by Enrique Leon Candiani; "The Beckham Experiment" by Grant Wahl; "Leading" by Alex Ferguson and Michael Moritz; "The Life and Career of David Beckham" by Tracy Savell Reavis; "The United States Soccer" by Phil West; "Beckham" by David Beckham and Tom Watt; "Alex Ferguson" by Alex Ferguson.