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Soccer star David Beckham leaping over the pond to LA
David Beckham, one of the most recognizable soccer players in the world (they even made a movie about him titled, "Bend It Like Beckham," is leaving Europe to join the LA Galaxy.
The Galaxy, for the uninitiated, is a professional soccer team. He signed a $250 million, five-year contract, which is a galaxy of money in itself. Beckham, 31, rose to fame in England where he was captain of Manchester United. He joined the Real Madrid team in Spain in 2003. He wasn't treated as well in Spain where he sat on the bench a lot. Let's say you don't care one whit about soccer. How about women? Do you admire women? Beckham married a former Spice Girl, Victoria Adams, who was seen recently in Los Angeles looking for houses. Beckham's glory days were at Manchester United where he won four English Premier League titles and the Champions League as they memorably won the treble in 1999. The treble is the league, the Football (people on the other side of the pond call soccer football) Association Cup and the Champions League. That's a big deal like in Golf winning the Masters, the PGA Championship and the US Open. The 2002 movie starred Parminder Nagra and Keira Knightley and was a story about the daughter of orthodox Sikhs rebelling against her parents traditionalism by running off to Germany with a football (soccer) team. The tagline was, "Who wants to cook Aloo Gobi when you can bend a ball like Beckham?" Posted by Steve E. Swenson 1 comments from 1 users
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posted by
BJD
on Jan 11, 2007 at 09:22 AM
You forgot to mention that he was the captain of the England team, and has many caps for his country. As a fan of soccer, especially the European style, I always thought he was kind of over-rated. But he certainly has the ability to bring fans to the stadium, not to mention that long and very precise bending ball. There may have never been another player who was better at that particular skill. Anyway, I think its great for LA, the LA Galaxy, the MLS, US Soccer, and soccer fans in the US. If he performs well, it will be even better. By his age, he should still be in or near his prime, which makes it all the more amazing that he would come to the US now.
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