The Galaxy with Becks and new coach Ruud Gullit recently finished a successful tour down under and have to be expected to challenge for the MLS Championship in 2008.
After opening in Colorado the Galaxy have their home opener five days later against the San Jose Earthquakes - and former head coach Frank Yallop. Yallop, who twice won the MLS Cup with the Earthquakes, did not impress me with the way that he handled the David Beckham circus last year. It will be interesting to see the reaction that he gets from the Galaxy fans.
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The English tabloid The Mirror reported today that Chelsea star Andriy Shevchenko is considering following David Beckham’s lead and coming to play in MLS.
Shevchenko, 31, has struggled at Chelsea since his British record £30.9million signing from AC Milan and he now is considering a move to a Major League Soccer club as his final career step.
Why America? Well it seems that Shevchenko is married to American model Kristen Pazik who would welcome a move to the States after moving to London from Milan for the good of their two children.
How can the world champions not be a number one seed for the European Championships? How can UEFA seeded teams is a complete mystery and as a result Italy and France have to play each other again.
Drawn together in Group C with Holland and Romania, this is truly the “Group of Death” of this years Championship. The way the draw appears to be set-up, Groups A & B will winners and runners-up will play each other, with one team advancing to the final, while Groups C & D will do the same.
The UK newspaper The Sun reported last week that David Beckham will pocket a staggering £125million during his five-year contract with the LAL Galaxy. That translates into about $250 million.
In the article MLS commissioner Don Garber was quoted as saying:
“David was really a home run for us, to use a baseball analogy. He’s going to make the £125m when his five years are up — I really believe that. Just look at what he’s been able to generate this year. He is just an incredible marketing machine.”
I thought that the most interesting quote from Garber was this:
