Beckham to leave Real

[Farmer Reil]

Beckham's also gonna have the Sheva effect, where he can expect to not be a good because he's gonna have three players around him all the time. In fact, it wouldn't surprise me if some Mexican twat decides to take out his knee during El Angelino, It happens every single time >_>

Edited January 11, 2007 by Farmer Reil

[AJ]

Well, he may be past his prime but like it's been said; No player of Beckham's quality is going to go to the U.S.A in their prime.

I just have to say good luck to him. I hope he has the impact on the game over there that we all expect him to.

[The Kraig]

There's talk of FC Dallas bringing in Edgar Davids now. I actually rate Davis higher than Beckham, so it's a pretty decent idea in my opinion. But I doubt he'd stay for 5 years, nor if he can even play for five more years. His Spurs showings weren't exactly trailblazing, but he was pretty solid and he's generally very reliable. Not to mention his glasses kick ass and will be replicated to hell in the US if he goes. (¬_¬)

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id...ource=soccernet

[Guest Mr. Potato Head]

Fuck this is stupid. Americans won't accept MLS as a mainstream sport unless they have the best players in the world, and the best players in the world are smart enough not to come to the US. This is nothing other than a few egos getting their names to new places.

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

If you stopped calling it soccer and stopped calling your man of the match the MVP then more English players would go over to play.

[The Kraig]

Actually the player of the year is the MVP. Isn't it?

[GA!]

Didn't they also have overtime in the first few seasons? lol fags...

[therockbox]

Added time multi-ball!

[Buford Ripley]

Didn't they used to have an extra official who would raise a flag so that the players would stop as commercials played?

What? I heard it from someone else.

[The Sultan of Swank]

Well Pele did manage to bring a large amount popularity to the American game when he played. I was watching a documentary that on him showing the impact he had on American soccer, to the point where they were putting 50,000 + in the seats at Dodger's stadium in New York.

Now I understand comparing Beckham to Pele is like Sundin to Gretzky, sure Sudin is a great player and a fan favourite where he plays, but he sure as hell ain't no Gretzky by a county mile at least I reckon. But, the interest is there if the right people are I suppose.

[Guest President Ringiah Bartlet]

The "lol, fag it's football/no fag, it's soccer" argument is for shitcunts who need to die, but yeah, there's still overtime, and that's just sad really.

[Ananas]

One country with the population of three.

The Canadians won't buy into the whole Beckham thing on principle.....They prefer Stalteri...

[NobBe Nobbs]

Now I understand comparing Beckham to Pele is like Sundin to Gretzky, sure Sudin is a great player and a fan favourite where he plays, but he sure as hell ain't no Gretzky by a county mile at least I reckon. But, the interest is there if the right people are I suppose.

[Guest Mr. Potato Head]

This is slightly off topic, but I LOVE how the best person TSN could come up with to have analyze this was Vic Rauter...

[The Sultan of Swank]

The racing guy?

And I would prefer OT to a stupid shootout, but I suppose the possibility of playing an extra 75 minutes before someone scores is a little much.

[Guest President Ringiah Bartlet]

Quick Basha, change the OT to ET before some over-bearing tool corrects you >_>

[Steeb]

ET*

[alldaws1]

Actually the player of the year is the MVP. Isn't it?

I think they use it for individual games as well as season-long awards. So you can have the 'Most Valuable Player' of one game as well as the 'MVP' of the season or the 'MVP' of the playoffs.

Now I understand comparing Beckham to Pele is like Sundin to Gretzky, sure Sudin is a great player and a fan favourite where he plays, but he sure as hell ain't no Gretzky by a county mile at least I reckon. But, the interest is there if the right people are I suppose.

You're going to die.

NYR Gretzky > *

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[Guest Kou]

I always wondered, is football not that popular in America because the standard of play is really poor, or because they're gay?

[NobBe Nobbs]

Now I understand comparing Beckham to Pele is like Sundin to Gretzky, sure Sudin is a great player and a fan favourite where he plays, but he sure as hell ain't no Gretzky by a county mile at least I reckon. But, the interest is there if the right people are I suppose.

You're going to die.