Wednesday at Wembley

The biggest game on the soccer radar today is the USA/England match at Wembley Stadium in London. The match, which will be televised on ESPN Classic, kicks off at noon, making for a great long lunch. If you haven’t told your boss about your, uh, “doctor’s appointment” or “teeth cleaning,” now is your chance. (There’s probably all sorts of cool stuff about the game on U.S. Soccer’s web site, but it appears to have crashed for the time being.)

Speaking of doctor’s appointments, as was first reported on Center Line Soccer yesterday, the Mercury News notes today that forward Peguero Jean Philippe is done for the season, thanks to continuing issues with his right knee.

What makes Jean Philippe’s loss even worse for the Quakes is the fact that Kei Kamara is off to Sierra Leone for a string of that nation’s World Cup qualifiers and, as Elliot Almond’s story in the Merc also mentions, Gavin Glinton is still recovering from his sports hernia surgery. CLS’s Jeff Carlisle notes that Ryan Johnson has been paired with newcomer Jovan Kirovski in finishing drills, so we can expect to see that pair on the field Saturday against Real Salt Lake. (Be sure to check out Jeff’s entry on Costa Rica legend Rolando Fonseca, who is on trial with the Quakes this week.)