Friday, August 31, 2007

Beckham's injury puts nail in American soccer's coffin

By Michael Rushton
The Phanatic Magazine

Much like preordering a copy of Britney Spears' future albums, the Los Angeles Galaxy's signing of David Beckham was seen as a huge gamble because of the money involved.

And much like double zeros in roulette at the Jersey shore, the house won. Or in this case, Beckham. Tom Cruises' good buddy was diagnosed with a sprained right knee on Thursday and could miss the rest of Los Angeles' season.

He is expected to be out six weeks and best-case scenario has him back in action with three games left on LA's schedule. But by that point, your average soccer fan, the ones the MLS was trying to rope in with Beckham's signing, won't care about England's golden boy anymore.

Read the rest at The Phanatic Magazine.

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