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Jan
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I've been following some of the Beckham news over the last couple of days.
Not everyone gets it yet. The move isn't about directly raising the standard of soccer in the US - it's about raising the profile so it can compete with the other major franchises. It's about showing the US that soccer too has it's share of Ferrari driving rock stars, earning 8-figure salaries (and even more from promotion and advertising).
At the level that Beckham is used to playing at - he's at the end of his career (as a player) - he's 32 years old !! He's been warming the bench at Real Madrid and hasn't won anything for 3-4 years. Moving to the US is a fairly well trodden retirement plan for European soccer players
So, don't expect him to make a big splash on the pitch - he's not a one-man-team like George Best, Pele, Maradona and Ronaldo. His impact will be on greater acceptance of Soccer in the US. For that I'm thankful - even if we have to put up with a couple of years of obnoxious Beckham Frenzy.
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Jan
11
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I'll soon have three things in common with David Beckham - we both have young kids, play soccer (football) and live in California. I should add - our soccer careers followed very different paths.
So a personal message to David - if you, Posh and the kids (Brooklyn, Romeo, and Cruz - see I even looked up their names) need somewhere to crash while the new Beverly Hills pad is being fumigated - you don't even have to ask - we'll clear some space in the play room; it would be our pleasure to help out a fellow Brit.
