Comments on: David Beckham Faces Tough Questions About His Commitment To US Soccer

By: Miss Nimbus

Miss Nimbus — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 11:48:30 +0000

He should never had let himself be pressured to come to USA by Posh… He has always been more comitted to European Football, and never understood his move to Galaxy, can’t have been the money, causes he’s already got megga much.

By: Rosie

Rosie — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 03:03:13 +0000

I’m sorry Jessica, didn’t team USA tie with tiny Haiti?? That’s the way football is, sometimes a fluke, a bad kick, a lost posession, a little distraction, little confidence, costs u a game, whether it is to win it or lose it. damn its the best sport in the world! Spain just had a bad day, it’s still no.2 in world ranking, behind brazil, and current euro cup winner, which is like a world cup without brazil and argentina. And Italy has sunk deep since the last world cup.

Becks signed with the galaxy cuz he was moving to L.A. and because the pay was good. and the pay was good because Becks brings in revenues, he sells tickets, jerseys, and memorabilia, don’t fool yourselves. That’s why the Galaxy chiefs are so cool with lending him, and have his back on this whole issue. Becks=$$

Would any of u turn down a job where u made that many zeros? I don’t think so. It’s probaly his last contract b4 the end of his career, he just wanted some cash for retirement, don’t think for a second that he chose the Galaxy cuz it was the best team out there…. US “Soccer” may be on the rise, but it has a long way to go before it can play Europe Football.

Leave the guy in peace, he just had a fabulous game, and Landon seemed pretty happy to have him back,

By: Chris

Chris — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 00:23:59 +0000

He’s going to be a much better player for the Galaxy since he kept in top shape off season (and yes, part of the regular season) with Milan. Even good high school soccer players play all year round-they just move indoors in the winter instead of to Italy.

The man REALLY wants to play for England in the World Cup, and I support him wholeheartedly in that effort. He’s just doing what he needs to do to make that happen.

By: JessicaGiovanna

JessicaGiovanna — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 16:41:02 +0000

@ Bea, my bad, I meant Spain; yes, confed cup. And you’re right, Italy isn’t that high ranking, Spain is and team US beat them.

By: bims

bims — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 13:03:15 +0000

Does he always wear his hair like that in the front? I might be having a lapse in judgement, but when I first looked at him with his hair like that, he reminded me of YOUR David, Trent! I think your David is way hotter, btw.. I’m not so much into this one.

By: Luke

Luke — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 10:11:55 +0000

Sorry, but you should be thankful that david beckham even knows who the galaxy are, never mind play for them. Hes an absolte institution in world football and quite frankly, he deserves better then to have his commitment questioned constantly. lets not forget he moved his family, his kids to a new school, turned his back on european giants to choose galaxy.

Whilst the USA have a strong-ish national team, the leage is of a very poor standard, so what do you really expect? hes bought the team a massive amount of money and puplicity to the league.

Its funny how the americans here are getting all uppity about it, but you need to understand that your version of soccer is an entirely different breed to european and national football. The pride beckham gets from playing for england means he will make these decisions, tough as they are. But as i said, you should be thankful that he even bothers to fight his corner when it comes to the galaxy.

By: Bea

Bea — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 10:11:08 +0000

Jessica Giovanna, what games exactly are you talking about? In the Confederations Cup, Italy beat the US, 3-1. Also, Italy is not really the best team in the world right now.

By: Amy

Amy — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 09:07:00 +0000

duh it’s obvious he’d prefer to play football than soccer.
as Rosie said, the American League doesn’t being to compare to other leagues, like the Bundesliga or Serie A

By: JessicaGiovanna

JessicaGiovanna — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 07:59:42 +0000

Thanks for posting this Trent. Anyhow in response to other posts, of course US soccer clubs are a lot different than European clubs and as Michael said, he should NOT HAVE SIGNED!!!! The fact that soccer here is “diff” from the rest of the world does not take away the fact that he signed, made a committment and got paid for playing w/ the galaxy. He is not an idiot and he KNOWS what the team was like, saw them play beforehand, knew their stats; why sign right? And PS, US soccer is on the up and up, they did just beat the top team in the world, ITALY a few weeks ago, so US soccer isn’t a freaking weak ass team either, so step off son! Yeah we lost to Brazil but held them off 2 to 0 in the first half a few weeks back; the US team led by DONOVAN!!!

By: Joanne

Joanne — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 04:43:12 +0000

I agree with kk – This isn’t a Beckham thing … this is how soccer works outside of America. I think American’s see what he has done as a personal betrayal … USA is generally all about commitment to one team.
I was always under the impression that DB was hired mainly to raise the profile and popularity of soccer in the US. They knew they were getting him at the tail end of his career. The Beckham’s were moving to LA anyway, so it made sense for him to join that team.