David Beckam is a true professional football player. He­ leads by example in his exceptional skill level. The­ USA players have done very well recently in the Confed­ cup, but have a way to go still before they can prove­ to be as good as the European football players. Beckam­ does not have to be "loud mouth" to prove his­ skill level, unlike certain other players. His track­ record proves this!!! As they say there will always be­ the talkers!!! and the dooers!!! David gets on with­ playing the game and he does not have to talk­ "loudly" about it! I have so much respect for­ him he is a great role model... keep it up Becks!

donovan shldn't criticize becks in public!

i just love becks.

let donovan go sleep!

who the f#*& is donovan..... he can't cut it in­ a real league..... becks is 34 and still going­ strong.... give him a break...

nice one donovan, about time someone told beckham the­ truth and what a pr@ck in his respone! plain english­ DAVID you took the money from LA GALAXY then went to­ Italy for the coveragage (GOD FORBID WE FORGET­ BECKS+POSH) you aint no CRUYFF if you were that good­ then how come you went to the backwater of SOCCER???­ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ you could have a been great but your­ just a global advert for greed

Donovan = big fish in a fish tank, Becks = big fish in­ a sea through service and dedication to his chosen­ profession, even though I'm not a huge fan of him­ mainly due to his personal life. His football career­ can't be doubted, specially by a never quite was­ like Donovan.

Look at the results Becks had in Milan...at 34...and­ look at what Landon did in Bayern...oh wait, that's­ right, he could not get oof the bench or make the team,­ for the 3rd time in Europe he goes back to the US with­ his tail tucked between his legs and tries to play it­ off like the US team was his first option LOL...fekkin­ loser. Becks is a much better player and has proven­ it...Like he said Saturday, 17 years playing for the­ largest clubs, with the greatest players, managed by­ some of the great managers and never once has he been­ questioned, but this waste of space, non fotty playing­ @#$% Donovan decides to do so? Are you serious? So­ Zidane, Kaka, Raul, Casillas, etc...etc....etc....and­ the list goes on and on, all these GREAT players that­ have and continue to praise Becks hard work and­ proffesionalism and how he is a GREAT teammate, they­ are all wrong and this scrub of a player, Donovan is­ right? Sure...

To look no further all you have to see­ is Becks last season at Madrid, where he was benched­ for signing with LA during the season, most would have­ just taken it and gone to collect checks, but Becks­ played harder, made the starting team again, and what­ happened? They won or tied 16 out of the last 17 games­ and won the league on the last day, and the coach and­ players attribute alot of that success to the­ contributions of David both on and off the pitch...then­ he got hurt in the second to last game, should have­ rehabbed and sat out a few weeks, but what did he do?­ Went to LA and played hurt to satisfy the fans that­ were counting on seeing him...

Now look at his­ schedule this year, playing for England, then catching­ a flight back to play for LA the next day, just things­ like that...to question his work ethic is­ maddening...to question his play is idiotic...he has­ always been a set up man, he has always had great­ forwards to put at the end of passes, the problem with­ him at the Galaxy is that he has only Donovan and that­ basically is just no talent, full st

For the people saying Landon Donavon is a better player­ than Becks need there head examined... he's not now­ and never will be a better player than Becks!

I went­ to watch AC Milan vs Atlanta in Serie A and Beckham was­ by far and away the best player on the pitch! Now­ having lived in the US and watching the galaxy I fully­ appreciate the level of Major League Soccer... Its not­ bad but it certainly isn't Serie A, La Liga or the­ Premier League and that is the fundamental problem...­ Donavon is a good player but untill he proves himself a­ world class player in any of these leagues he really­ isn't fit to tie beckhams laces!

Now onto the he­ was the better player when they were both on the pitch­ together... well he might have been that week or month,­ but form is temporary and class is perminant and Becks­ is definately class!

who the f*ck is donovan.

i cant believe we listen or even read what mr. selfish­ i cant play for a big team has to say... america dnt­ have a clue abt the game londonesha is just trying to­ get a book sold.

111.....Well said. spot on.

I'm amazed by all the strange comments about this­ story, Donovan is just trying to sell his book, which­ he now will aplenty thanks to all this publicity

the galaxy bought beckham to sell jerseys and get­ press, period. that realisation is half of what caused­ beckham to lose interest. the rest went when he­ realised that he was playing on a signifigantly­ lowered level. when you've grown up in the E.P.L.­ and then spent a couple of seasons on a top team in la­ liga going to the american MLS is bound to rob you of­ your motivation. if donovan wants beckham's money­ he should get himself signed by chelsea or man u or­ hell even man city. oh sorry, i forgot, they'd­ never have him. he couldn't handle the premiere­ league pace for a full half. don't believe me? what­ the galaxy play sometime

David Beckham was more than likely in a state of­ catatonic shock when he realised the extent of his­ mistake in joining a micky mouse league that even a­ well trained confrence team from the UK could beat
but­ to me Donavans complaints seem a little OTT and say­ more about he attitude than beckes

Jason Donovan, Donovan Leitch, but who the hell is­ Landon Donovan?

Typical of 'Backstabber'­ Donovan........Confront people don't go behind­ their backs.

why dont you talk to David face to face, air what you­ want to say, give him time to anwser your questions,­ then wright your book, talk about pluging your own book­ so people can buy it because your to yellow to face him­ ,and just because he is famous that will sell books to­ see what you think is ture! what a load of @#$%!!! if­ you played as good as your mouth then you would not­ have to use David to sell your books,

BY THE WAY­ |DAVID IS A MUCH BETTER PLAYER THAN YOU THATS WHY HE­ GETS PAID MORE THAN YOU, NOW SWOLLOW IT AND GET A LIFE.

i am guna signup to play 4 chelsea can u give me some­ tips

comment 121. i have wathched most of the games and its­ quite clear 2 see that landon aint very good, beckham­ is far better and always will be.

OK This is just my personal take on things. Beckham­ went to the States with the best of intentions. I­ don't think the money was a major issue as the guy­ is already super-rich with a personal fortune exceeding­ £25,000,000 - that's without his wife's­ considerable earnings! I think he was disappointed at­ the general standard of play in the league. You have­ some good players - and many of them play in the EPL,­ some on the European mainland. But face it, if you put­ a top footballer in a team of average players (with­ exceptions!), you do not automatically become a top­ club. I think where Galaxy went wrong was spending all­ that money on one player. They should have gone for­ building a better overall team with the money. What­ they saw was $$$$ signs with Beckhams marketing­ potential. In other words, they didn't have the­ best interests of the club at heart. That Beckham is­ still a good player isn't in doubt. Milan would­ love him there permanently and they should know what­ they're talking about! Donovan? He's got a book­ to sell and controversy sells books! Maybe he's­ looking for a bigger payday? Only he knows what was in­ his mind when he started this off.
On the bright side -­ your league will improve because your last couple of­ performances
have made people sit up an take notice,­ and that can only be good for the game in the States.