Your right lampshade, playing football doesn't make­ me an expert. But living in Europe doesn't make­ you an expert either so stop saying people outside of­ Europe don't get it. It is @#$%. It's like­ saying everyone that lives in San Fransisco is gay. ­ Just because its all around you doesn't mean its is­ who you are.

I WAD SHEG BACKHAM.

ALREET JIMBO DE YE WANT TA WEE SHEG?

Lets all stop talking politics and get back to the real­ world as you Brits and Yanks are all the same at the­ end of the day.
Football Matters-
Yes Beckham is not­ committed to the cause because he has the oppurtunity­ to play at the top level again.
Yes Landon Donovan­ played better and was more committed because he is the­ star of the MLS.
Beckham is a fully committed­ professional who wants to represent his country so he­ trys by playing the off season in a european league to­ prove he's still good enough and anyone who says­ he's not is obviously a typical support one club­ and know nothing about other things in the football­ world going on except by reading the Sun or Daily Star­ that has big pictures.

Beckham should see out this­ season in the MLS and then sign for AC Milan if they­ are still interested or Chelsea now as Ancelotti has­ been appointted manager.

Look who’s talking. US fans recognize the skill level­ that Europeans have in soccer. We do nothing but­ compliment it and admit that it is at a higher level in­ Europe than in the US. But the only thing you guys can­ do is thrash US soccer. Instead of helping us in­ supporting Soccer in the US to try and raise the level­ out here, you Euro Scum just bash it like the jealous­ haters that you are because it is the only sport other­ than Cricket that is popular in Europe that you guys­ are good at. And for all of you haters out there the­ level of US Soccer is on the rise just ask Spain.

Playing football doesn't make you an expert!­ It's a bit like saying that you're a gourmet­ chef because you eat food!!

By the way I will not associate myself with Joe and his­ ridiculous ranting. He clearly is a bit delusional­ about his history.

Why is it that just because we were American's we­ know nothing about football. I am from Ohio, a huge­ fan of the MLS but a bigger BPL fan. I have played­ football and only football since I was a kid and keep­ track of all the European leagues. How dare you say­ that just because we are not from Europe we know­ nothing about football.
As for Beckham's sorry­ @#$%. He got paid a hell of a lot to come over and get­ people interested in the game. He did that, and said­ he was committed to it, but suddenly last year it no­ longer interested and he decided to give up. I watched­ him game after game dog it out on the pitch. Landon­ has every right to be upset. He had to give up his­ armband for a guy who doesn't give a @#$% what his­ team does. Beckham only cares about himself and his­ own interests.

if beckham sucks so much how did he get a game for AC­ milan? score goals for milan and get back in the­ england team? your league just isnt good enough for the­ likes of beckham. a few greats have tried to play in­ your league from pele, Youri Djorkaeff, Hristo­ Stoichkov and all failed. you even had stupid rules­ such as penalty shoot outs to resolve a draw??????­ stick to playin soft ball. beckham is a footballing god­ and you should all kiss his @#$%!

How do you work out that Germany are going to win the­ next World Cup! I thought the USA was going to do­ that!!!

Amazing that Beckham has been let anywhere near the­ England team still if Capello keeps playing Beckham­ Germany will be assured of another World Cup next year­ :-)

Joe
Scum like you would have been across the border to­ Canada at the first sign of trouble!
If you check your­ history, not the Hollywood version, you'll see that­ Britain never quit! Neither did most of the others in­ Europe who were fighting long before the US became­ involved. The US would have sat out the war if the­ Japanese hadn't invaded Pearl Harbour - one of your­ wonderful "heroes" Charles Lindburgh actively­ campaigned against US involvement up to this point.­ Don't tar everyone with the same brush!

joe how can you say that when the yanks came over late­ strutting there stuff thinking there gods gift wahey­ great help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Interesting to see how the yanks are suddenly experts­ on everything to do with football having won a couple­ of games! The sooner Beckham gets out of the States the­ better! They can then sink back to the level of­ obscurity that they deserve, and go back to the­ "stat" games they seem to enjoy. Under their­ system, a player can work his socks off during a game­ and get no recognition if there are no­ "assists" or goals against his name. American­ games are built on statistics, If there aren't any­ they can't appreciate a game! In a couple of years­ they'll be claiming that they invented the game!­ The same mentality they apply to those Hollywood films­ where they "won" battles they never actually­ participated in!!

I don't understand how anyone could possibly back­ Beckham here. He and his mgmt people demanded that he­ be made team Captain before he ever stepped foot on the­ pitch, or even training grounds, for the Galaxy. Then­ when he does get it he doesn't act like a Captain­ in the least. A Captain doesn't put in the bare­ minimum effort, miss training sessions, and have zero­ interaction with the team. A Captain travels with and­ supports the team even when he's injured, not sit­ at home and offer zero support when the team needs it­ most. Don't just read this slanted mini excerpt­ which was obviously only intended to try and stir up­ comments here and turn it into England vs America or­ some such... read the entire excerpt over at SI. ­ Beckham thought he was bigger than the club, hmmmm,­ where have we heard that before. I guess Sir Alex was­ wrong and should shut up too, Beckham can do no wrong­ according to this lot! The money thing is what it­ is... Donovan doesn't care about that, he's got­ plenty of money. It's the other kids in the MLS­ who make about £10,000/year that were hurt the most by­ all that... enough of the blind loyalty. Becks was a­ prima donna from the start, and when the going got­ tough, well... Davey got going alright - on a plane to­ Milan. I applaud Donovan for his honesty, everyone­ else kisses Beckham's rear, why should he when­ Beckham obviously doesn't care about him nor his­ team? Lando bit his tongue for 2 years, now it's­ time for Becks to face the music before he tucks tail­ again and runs out forever. And good riddance when he­ does and this is all finally over for good.

Donovan is just whining his 5ft @#$% off because he­ actually thought the USA could beat Brazil, and is­ unhappy at the result. In typical American fashion­ he's going to have a face of barely contained tears­ for a few weeks then he'll turn it into some very­ extroverted resolution to do better in the future.­ Dempsey and Donovan were just @#$% sports and poor­ losers, and are prime examples as to why american teams­ will never dominate in world team sports. Even in­ basketball they usually get knocked out of the olympics­ by countries like lithuania.

If Beckham isn't­ playing for or caring about the team then it could only­ conceivably be because the quality of players in the­ USA is lower than those on youth teams in europe. If­ anything, Donovan should be saying "I know­ we're all useless, but he is being paid so he­ should put up with our inability to play football­ well."

Beckham should leave the country saying­ something like "the US will never be great at­ football" - that's the best thing that could­ happen, because it would lead to a national rivalry and­ 50 years from now the states will get into the WC semi­ finals and will shout: "What NOW, Beckham?"

same old yank think they know it all and are the best­ and when they dont like it or proved wrong they just­ knock them or ( blow them up )

Donovan obviously needs to sell books and has jumped on­ the back of one of the best players the world has ever­ seen.

Let’s just look at the stats between Beckham and­ Donovan for the 2008 season.
Beckham: 10 assists and 7­ goals. Donavan: 9 assists and 20 GOALS!!!!!!!! Now if­ you Britt’s would have paid attention to last season­ you would have seen how much Donovan busted his butt­ for galaxy while our great English Captain did nothing­ except stand around collecting a pay check and looking­ good for all of the 13 year old teeny boppers that­ showed up to the games. If Beckham wants to come back­ to the MLS and give it another try and actually put­ some effort into it then fine. But if he plans on­ giving us the same lack lusting effort that he gave­ last year then you keep can keep your garbage in­ Europe. GO DONOVAN!!!!!!!!!!