Also, on Mr. Beckham

My occasional hatred of my fellow Americans continues as we treat poor Mr. Beckham like something he is not nor has ever been.

DAVID BECKHAM IS A FOOTBALLER.
He is also a British celebrity, primarily known for dressing well and marrying Posh.

He is not an actor.
He is not a singer.
He is not a name to be dropped to show you know what is going on in the world.

The man is enjoying the twilight of his career in the United States league. It is the footballing way. (See Pele, Carlos Valderamma, etc.)

And the poor dear has been injured and forced to play while injured by an American public that doesn't seem to understand that SOCCER ISN'T FOOTBALL. In American football, you can slap some tape on a guy and have him run for another thirty seconds in the next play. You get three substitutions by MLS rules (I think that's right.). You have to mete those out very carefully and you use them with a lot of time between them. So a soccer player has to run back and forth for quite some time before he can be relieved. Thus injuring himself further if he hasn't healed fully yet.
I just hope all those extra ticket sales are covering the increase in physical trainers they must be using in LA to make Beckham hopalong.
At least a couple more people are bothering to see Landon Donovan because of this.

Oh, and the "maybe they'll make him a captain" and such talk is just stupid. Honestly, it is proof of how little sense most Americans have with strategy and dealing with TEAMWORK.