[LuvFreeRepublic]

Beckham was not going to do to soccer here in the US what he did in Europe. And IMHO he is irrelevant to the game. Also, the anti-soccer comments are asinine, over and over and over again. She shoots, she scores! GOALLLLLLLLLL

[fuzzylogic]

I think you mean...

Gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaallllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

...cracks me up when they say it for a whole minute, I don’t get how they do it in one breath!

I believe they’re measuring Beckham by the wrong metrics. He wasn’t supposed to come here and score a hundred goals. He’s a ball deliverer and spot shooter...and still a very good one. I see plenty of kids wearing “Beckham” shirts...and there’s still larger attendance wherever he plays. Job done, goal accomplished.

[dfwgator]

Soccer is a team sport, you can have a team of the best talent in the world and if they can’t play well together, it won’t matter. That’s why despite all the money Real Madrid put into buying Ronaldo and Kaka, they won’t prevail over Barcelona, because Barcelona plays with a true team concept, rather than just having 11 individuals out there.

Why does the Galaxy do better without Beckham? Simple, because Landon Donovan is the true leader of that team, and Beckham just gets in his way when he’s in there. United gets rid of Ronaldo, and now Wayne Rooney is stepping up.