Not a soccer fan myself, but as a casual observer it seems to me that Beckham is persona non grata in Euro-soccer after England's World Cup disappointment.
To me, this would be like Brett Favre going to the CFL to play out his golden years.
MLS is JV soccer...no?
No, MLS is not JV soccer. It's basically a feeder league right now.
The top 5 leagues in the world have huge amounts of cash and revenue. They buy promising players from the lesser leagues. Trades are not really what goes on in soccer, it's straight out purchases of player contracts.
The New England Revolution sold Clint Dempsey to Fulham in England yesterday for about $4,000,000. The Ny Metrostars sold Tim Howard to Manchester United for about $3,500,000. That is the function of feeder leagues. If they scout enough talent, grow their market, sell enough players, they start to grow and become larger which is the hope here.
Wasn't his fault. I have yet to meet anybody who faulted him. Almost everybody faults the coach- myself included.
He (the coach) played for penalties (a draw) in the last match and everybody who watches football in the whole world knows that penalties are the one thing England simply cannot do. He named to the squad a young 17 year old prodigy striker- Theo Walcot (and this kid might just be the best striker in the world one day)- but never played him even when Michael Owen went out injured and Rooney got red-carded. If he wasn't going to play him, he shouldn't have took him to the tournament. He played a lone striker formation throughout after Owen's injury although he had Peter Crouch on the bench. When he should've been going hell-bent for leather he played it cautious and when he should've been jumping up and down ranting on the sidelines he just sat on the bench with his arms folded.
Nah. Nobody has anything against Becks in Europe. They might envy his lifestyle and celebrity but it was the manager who took the blame and rightly so. He was just so damned stoical even in defeat...