( source ) ( source ) Landon Donovan's impressive 2 goals weren't enough to secure a win as Revolution's Shalrie Joseph scored his first goal to salvage a tie for his team. The match took place at the Gillette stadium in Foxborough, Mass. Again, still better than a loss but extending the team's winless streak to 10 (0-5-5). Let's hope their next match against Real Salt Lake in L.A. will break the streak and give the team much needed boost in morale.

On a more positive note, the match of yesterday was the largest regular-season single-game crowd the Gillette stadium ever saw for the Revolution. David may have very well been the attraction to have caused this as it was his first match in New England in his 2 season with the MLS. He came to Foxborough last year but was injured and couldn't play the match.

Here's a video of the traffic at the stadium! That's a lot of cars :)




David's comments on the atmosphere:
"[Last night] was a special night," Beckham said. "A couple of players were mentioning it's a great atmosphere to play in. It's a great sporting arena, and it's nice to play in front of so many fans. So thank you to them for turning out and I hope they do it every time we play here. It makes you feel good and makes you want to play better."

Here's a fan's video of "the wave" happening in the Stadium to give you an idea of the atmosphere. I like videos from the fans' perspective like that, doesn't it make you feel like you're there :)



( source ) It was also interesting for David to play coach Steve Nicol's team. Steve Nicol was a player that David grew up watching in England. Nicol wasn’t one of Beckham’s favorite players after he played an integral role on the Liverpool teams that dominated English soccer during the 1980s and left Beckham’s favorite team frustrated more often than not.

Things have changed since then. After playing under Nicol in Toronto for the MLS All-Star match however, Beckham came back impressed and with nothing but respect for the coach.


Before the match, David said:
“When he was a player, I didn’t like him because I was a Manchester United fan,” “It’ll be nice to see him again tomorrow. He’s a very good coach and he’s done great here.” “They have a good team and good individuals. It’s going to be tough for us.”

Here's some highlights, in what seems like Spanish but that's all I could find :)



Update: Here's another find, in english and better. Can clearly see David's very nice free kick at the end.



Here are the pictures in the Gallery.


Capello: Beckham isn't untouchable
( source ) After the chatter in the news over the last week that talked as to wheter David shouldbe dropped from the England squad, Capello responded with concern after questions have been asked about Beckham's physical condition and his busy cross-Atlantic schedule.

"No one is untouchable. Not Beckham, the captain or the vice-captain," the Italian tactician said in News of the World.

"Against the Czechs, Beckham ran as much as the other players, maybe a little bit more. Sometimes Beckham is very dangerous but against the Czech Republic he did not do anything amazing. "I will look at all the travel. I check everything. The last match was a friendly game, the next one is qualification for the World Cup so I will look at his schedule. He has travelled a lot. It is interesting."

We all know that Capello isn't the most influenced by what others think however and he is likely to based his decision on David's true capabilities and we've seen how he rises to such challenges in the past so my money is on him rising up to the challenge once again and showing what he is capable of and silencing the naysayers once more.


David & Victoria's New Perfume Ad


In other news, David & Victoria's new perfume launched August 29th and Victoria was at Harvey Nichols in Manchester for the launch. Here is a nice video Ad, click here.

( Source ) Here's are some behind-the-scenes ones :

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