Dodgers Will Prep For Int'l Soccer Matches After Yankees Game

The Dodgers after tonight's game against the Yankees will begin converting Dodger Stadium into a soccer venue for the L.A. leg of the inaugural Guinness Int'l Champions Cup, which begins Friday and will feature Real Madrid, Everton, Juventus and the MLS Galaxy. No seats will be added, but there will be "plenty of dirt to remove from the mound and sod to add." The grass will be "maintained at baseball length." Head groundskeeper Eric Hansen: "This is going to be a learning process for us" (L.A. DAILY NEWS, 7/31).

Meanwhile, "Hollywood was everywhere" at last night's Yankees-Dodgers game, but the "most glamorous part of it all was the baseball." Celebrities in attendance for the game, a 3-2 Dodgers win, included Thunder F Kevin Durant, Clippers G Chris Paul, Jay-Z, Mel Brooks and Ice Cube (L.A. TIMES, 7/31).