January 12, 2007

I Believe I Heard He's Going To Walk All The Way Across The Atlantic

Watch for the sky to darken, veils to split, earthquakes to shake the land, and saints to rise from the dead: David Beckham is coming to America to save us pagans from the darkness that is currently the United States Soccer scene.

Now, I'm a soccer fan and all...but his arrival in the US seems more like the end of a rapidly declining career than some glorious moment for American soccer. Not, however, according to the guy who owns the LA Galaxy*:

"David Beckham will have a greater impact on soccer in America than any athlete has ever had on a sport globally," said Timothy J. Leiweke, president & CEO of Anschutz Entertainment Group, which owns the Galaxy. "David is truly the only individual that can build the bridge between soccer in America and the rest of the world."
Wouldn't you love to wake up each day with that kind of delusional optimism?

Let's see...Beckham's recent accomplishments are stepping down as captain of England's national squad, getting dropped from said team a month later, and joining Real Madrid, which then had it's worst slump in decades.

Sorry, Mr. Beckham. Six months after you arrive in LA, you will be famous for merely being the man who brought Posh Spice to the U.S.


*Note to Gary: The LA Galaxy is part of Major League Soccer. No, I'm not making that up. We have a national soccer league here in this country.

Posted by Cathy at January 12, 2007 07:26 AM
Comments

Major. League. Soccer. Is that an oxymoron?
(sigh...) All of my efforts to save you from the "devil's sport" have been in vain...

Posted by: Gary at January 12, 2007 08:40 AM

Wasn't Pele supposed to do this when he came to play for the Cosmos (?) back in 1975? So exactly how is Beckham (never having won the Cup?) going to do for soccer what Pele (who won it three times) could not?

Posted by: Robert Perry at January 12, 2007 11:38 AM

It will probably get me interested because he is fun to look at. However, I really not a soccer fan. Sorry Margaret.

Posted by: DeannP at January 12, 2007 01:06 PM

ZZzzzzzzzz...........

Posted by: Chris H at January 12, 2007 02:42 PM

I would comment, but it would just get me in trouble.

Posted by: davep at January 12, 2007 03:16 PM

What is this soccer you speak of??

Is it a drink??

Posted by: Kevin at January 12, 2007 11:26 PM

and he's English to boot (no pun intended).......

Posted by: Steven Wilson at January 15, 2007 02:56 AM