Udinese 2 – 1 AC Milan
Apologies for misreading the schedule; I thought Milan were playing Udinese tomorrow. (It’s been a long few months of late nights and blurry eyes.) I would have had the links last night…

However, David was suspended for this game due to yellow card accumulation anyway. So for AC Milan fans I say “sorry” for not giving you the feeds, I endeavour to do so every time. For those who are just fans of David and watch primarily to see him play wherever he’s playing, I still say sorry, but I know that his not playing today takes a bit of the sting off it all. I’ll try to get some highlight footage tomorrow, good stuff should be out by then!

That said, Milan lost. :( It would have been a pretty bad loss too had Ambrosini not pulled off a goal in the 90th minute! The mojo that was working so well for AC Milan in the weeks and months since David’s arrival seems to be waning a bit. Then again…he’s been either injured/out of form or, as was the case today, out for the games they’ve struggled with. Perhaps he’s becoming a lucky charm! They do seem to play better with him.

Unfortunately it’s a little charm too late. Milan definitely needed to win this game to keep any title hope alive. Inter Milan will win the Scudetto this year. But there is no shame in coming in second, especially in such a hotly contested race between rivals! Perhaps if David transfers after the MLS season, as is the long-standing rumour, he will help bring title glory back to AC Milan next year.

They’re telling soccer’s story
Human interest piece with a blurb about Becks:

Gwendolyn Oxenham hopped out of her car and ran up to the black Bentley in front of her, waving a DVD in the face of the very famous driver.

“I play soccer,” she told a surprised David Beckham, who had been adjusting a car seat for his child. “Can you watch this?”

Beckham just smiled and nodded and took the DVD.

That incident, last October in Los Angeles after a Galaxy game, only scratches the surface of the dizzying array of encounters that Oxenham and her fiance have had hopping several continents over the last 20 months. Keep reading…

Beckham invited to heavyweight fight

A number of big-name stars have been invited to attend the Nikolay Valuev-Ruslan Chagaev fight that will be screened live on Setanta.

The VIP guest list has been leaked to the Russian press and is headed by England international footballer David Beckham.

The Milan midfielder, who is on loan from LA Galaxy, could be ringside for the heavyweight clash if he can fit the date into his busy schedule. Keep reading…

Which soccer players would make good Star Trek characters?
And I’m not even sure what to say about this one, except to laugh.

Reuters resident Trekkies Kevin Fylan and Alison Wildey had a bash at a soccer version but please come up with your own ideas in the comments below.

1. David Beckham as Kirk (if not John Terry or Steven Gerrard) Keep reading…

Metrodome scores UK and Irish rights to Goal III

London distributor Metrodome has picked up UK and Irish rights to Goal III: Taking On The World. [...]

Goal III: Taking On The World sees Mexican football star Santiago Munez pitted against his Real Madrid team-mates and England players Charlie Braithwaite and Liam Adams in a bid to win the 2006 FIFA World Cup. The cast includes Kuno Becker (who also starred in Goal II), Leo Gregory, JJ Feild, Nick Moran, Tamar Hassan and Gary Lewis.

Andy Morahan (Highlander) directs while Mike Jefferies who penned Goal! and Goal II, wrote the script with Piers Ashworth. Mike Jefferies, Matt Barrelle and Peter Heslop produced.

The film also features scenes with footballers including David Beckham, Wayne Rooney, Steven Gerrard, John Terry, Frank Lampard and Christiano Ronaldo, all captured in actual footage shot in Germany for the film by director Michael Apted (Gorillas in The Mist; The World Is Not Enough).

The third and final instalment of the football movie franchise will have a London premiere in June. Source