Lot's of Hype, Not Much Game . . .

The debut of Beckham just ended. He played the last 13+ minutes, had only a few touches, and got tackled in extra time which put a scare into the sold out Home Depot Center. Lucky for the LA Galaxy that Chelsea isn't in the same league, cause they aren't even close to being in the same league.

Chelsea plays at a completely different gear.

The final was 1-0, but it wasn't close, the game was played almost entirely in the Galaxy's end, but for solid goaltending by Cannon and excellent defense by Xavier, Chelsea would have scored 3 or 4 times.

Against another MLS team, they might be good, haven't been paying enough attention to know.

The ESPN coverage covered the 'stars' in the stands more than the game at times, Victoria Beckham was there of course, and she drug Eva Longoria and Katie Holmes (clutching Suri) with her. Kevin Garnett was here, I'll take that as a sign that a deal is getting done to send KG to LA. The Governator took some time off from Governating and brought the wife and kids. Drew Carey was there to actually watch the game, which seemed out of place.

Let's Chat Up That Other Kind of Football . . .

The Queen's English ain't what it used to be.

Here's one of the first comments on a BBC Football message board regarding Beckham coming to the MLS and playing for the LA Galaxy

He was at Man U winning trophies year in year out with great players, he gets to
Real a team full of hasbeens of pre madonnas and he wasnt able to win anything
big there

I love the term, 'pre madonnas', in some ways that makes so much more sense than the correct term.

You still won't catch me heading out to the Home Depot Center to see him in action, but maybe I'll watch his Galaxy premiere on the telly.