Captain Beckham starts and scores
David Beckham had his first LA Galaxy start, his first LA Galaxy goal and his first LA Galaxy assist tonight! He donned the captains armband and led out the team for a 2-0 victory over DC United that takes the LA Galaxy into the Super Liga final against mexican side Pachuca, scheduled for August 29. Although clearly still carrying an ankle injury David beckham played a brilliant 60 minutes scoring a goal from a superb free kick in the 27th minute and placing a perfectly weighted pass at the feet of Landon Donovan who scored the second goal of the night. Becks received a standing ovation as he left the field and was deservedly awarded man of the match! The first of the photos are in the gallery The official match report is online here. You can see Becks goal and assist on ESPN
posted by rpm at 9:29 PM
15 Comments:
BECKS Captain, Goal and Assists - leading by example :-)
Fantastic Goal, good passes, great performance - a dream-staring debut, leading the way.
It has made getting up at 4am worthwile. I'm sure THAT goal will be all over the sportsshows in the coming days.
Have a fantastic day everyone - I just had one of the best "start to a day" ever ;-)
Thanks for all the pics
Ben
9:43 PM
GO BECKHAM!!!A WONDERFUL FREEKICK TAKEN!!!
9:46 PM
This is just AWESOME!! Once again Becks' performance speaks louder than all words combined... *beaming proudly
P/S: Anna, guess the guardian angel emoticon worked! ;)
9:49 PM
damn ben. 4 am, is dedication. he certainly was the game, for me. it's always a great thing to see him doing the things we know he is capable of. i can't wait until he's performing at full strength.
i agree, he lead by example, and it's the best way to do it. i hope it rubs off.
9:56 PM
What an amazing game!! I think Becks and Donovan are going to be a great duo!
9:59 PM
wow this is crazy!!!
could it hav gone any better???
he scored, he assisted & captained
i wonder y he was captain though??
i luv becks...but it would b really unfair to donovan if he just took his spot. if u find out y let me kno pleaz
im so proud of him
now all those stupid critics can shut up
-mariya
11:33 PM
Greeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaat!!!! Amazing Becks. All the pressure is out now. Go Becks, Gooooo!!!!!
I'm happy for him, but stupid me didn't know that I could see the game live on MLS website. :-/
Can't believe it.
So worried about United bad start and I forgot about Becks.
I saw the highlights, but this is not enough...
Does anyone downloaded it?
Pleaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaase...I'm begging you. :-)
Thanks in advance.
11:37 PM
that's why I LOOOOOOOOVE this man!!! his freekicks say it all...
this will shut those morons up for even having the gall to criticize becks!
11:38 PM
Oh and thanks for Soccer USA videos! :-)
11:38 PM
wooooooooooooooooooooooow!!!
That was awesome , that is what our King - David - deserves !!!!!!
to score goals and helping with assists and leading the world into perfection !!!!
that was great !
I didn't get to watch the game since we don't have the channel , but this morning I watched the sport center on ESPN , and they showed us the great work Becks has been doing last night!!
4 real !
My hero !!
I'll always support You.
Best regards
MariaBeckham!!!!!!!!!
12:29 AM
I didn't watch it because of the time difference but when I read what happened and saw the photos of him celebrating I almost cried! I'm so happy for him! You can always tell how much pressure he has been feeling by how much he sticks his tongue out when he scores... honest :-) so he had been feeling it and that goal meant a lot to him and to me!
2:11 AM
GAAAAAHH!! I love this man so much! <3
He is SO deserving this!
There's only one David Beckham...! :)
4:32 AM
Wow!!!!!!!! SO much fun! Couldn't believe these were the same two teams we saw last week!!!
Happiest I'll ever be to take back every word I've said: about Landon Donovan, serves me right for listening to disgruntled fan gossip!!! Handing over the arm band...generous, classy, and for so many good reasons, not just a gesture. Glad it came from him. He was right it did allow Becks to give the direction he might not have otherwise, and boy did they benefit! Was it just for last night?
Brilliant first match back all around for Becks...and the best is yet to come once ankle is strong and the team is practicing together. The boys did well to get at the other end of his passes (even when nothing came of it) without benefit of much practice time. And they didn't fall apart when he came off (a little worry there). In one start he managed to wake and jell the team. Best luck to them keeping the confidence up.
Hope for good news about ankle response today. Many, many crossed fingers. (Thanks little Angel and cheerleaders, good work girls!!!)
8:38 AM
You're welcome Ben! I'll see what I can do Siniestro I'm off to look for videos now :)
9:12 AM
Thanks Anna.
I'd really love if someone could find the whole match, or at least the first half, to download.
I searched, but couldn't find. :-(
10:18 PM
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