Sunday, August 19, 2007

David Beckham Is Our God!


Welcome to the world of David Beckham! At least for now it is. He is not only playing for the MLS. He's is the MLS! On his quest to bring the MLS to prominence. Where ever he plays. People ( suckers) flock to see him. They want a piece of American soccer history. Playing for one of the shittiest team ( The L.A Galaxy). His name has sold tickets and sold his jersey to all time levels. While the man has only played a total of a bit over two hours in the month he's been here.
His fans ( mostly horny woman and GAY men) have made it a pilgrimage to see him in hopes he may take off his shirt and give that infamous "pissed off" look that only Becks does so well. His looks have attracted more attention than his playing. Which is highly overrated.
The Galaxy are 1-4 with him since his arrival but they way the media plays it up. You would think they are division leaders. Despite having an ageless Kobe Jones and overrated " Landon Donovan" on the team. David Beckham is the star player. He really doesn't have to play. In fact all he has to do is run around the field and pose for the cameras.
"I don't think there's anybody in this sport than can sell tickets the way he can," Red Bulls star Clint Mathis said. "You can't tell me that there were 60-, 65,000 soccer fans there today. There was probably people that had no idea of what the game was going on about. But that's the people that we need to continue to draw."
He wasn't brought here to help them win. His ass was brought here to bring attention to a dying league and hopefully bring some of Europe's biggest stars to the MLS. But here's the downside. Americans are just not into soccer. Never had..........never will. Not even the new Latino population is digging this MLS crap either. Attendance is at a all time low. TV deals are less than expected and in it's 9 year history. The MLS has not caught on. In fact . The WNBA has bigger media numbers .
And notice I didn't mention his old lady Victoria Beckham. She surprisingly has played it low since coming to America. She has been spotted mostly shopping and taking the kids to toy stores. Otherwise she is like she described herself as...........boring. David is right now the savior the MLS has been looking for. Now keeping people's interest for more than two months will be even a bigger test.

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