International Football - Beckham sees red for Galaxy

Eurosport - Sun, 16 Aug 21:08:00 2009

David Beckham's time at the Los Angeles Galaxy continues to grow sour as he was sent off in his side's 2-0 defeat to the Seattle Sounders.

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The former England captain was given a straight red card for a tackle on Sounders midfielder Peter Vagenas in the 17th minute.

Beckham was booed off the field but he insists there was no maliciousness involved.

"Pete is one of my best friends," he told the club's website.

"I think it is a hard tackle but not with means for a red card.

"I've never gone in one tackle wanting to hurt someone. The referee saw it differently."

Beckham has had a hard time back in America since returning from a successful loan spell at Milan.

On his arrival in LA he was embroiled in a row with team-mate Landon Donovan over comments the USA striker made in a book called 'The Beckham Experiment' which questioned the Englishman's commitment to the Galaxy.

And he was twice involved in confrontations with fans during his first three games back in a Galaxy shirt.

The 34-year-old is likely to seek a repeat of his loan spell with Milan from January to May this year when his stint with the Galaxy comes to an end as he bids to figure in Fabio Capello's England squad for next summer's World Cup finals in South Africa.

PA Sport

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  1. he is doing all this @#$% on purpose the fighting with­ fans the sending off etc so that galaxy get rid of him­ what selfish dis-loyal git

    From liam, on Mon 17 Aug 1:22PM
  2. Pete is his best friend; I expect Uri Geller is too!

    From jackie.castles, on Mon 17 Aug 7:24AM
  3. Beckham can't put up with the truth, he's­ getting too old now, not as fast and his long balls in­ seem to wain more, perhaps he needs to retire.­ Otherwise he needs to get out of America before trouble­ takes him.

    From peterknight47, on Mon 17 Aug 2:33AM
  4. Becks.. u can't do anything outside England.. just­ come back home.. but.. ur age is a bit too old.. most­ BPL club dun want u anymore.... where should u go­ then..?? may b Leeds or.. go back to erikkson.. :P

    From phyo, on Mon 17 Aug 12:54AM
  5. In the first half of last week's friendly against­ Holland, Beckham was the best player on the pitch by a­ mile. Even the brain-dead Beckham haters must have­ noticed this. The reporters and TV Pundits certainly­ noticed the quality in his performance and let's­ face it, the game was far from friendly with all of the­ players trying to impress their Managers.

    From BRIAN, on Sun 16 Aug 10:50PM
  6. Beckham is a no hoper. Always has been. Needs to do­ something about that nasty skin disease that's­ affecting both his arms.

    From ALAN G, on Sun 16 Aug 10:11PM
  7. The monkey is still making some noise ey.

    From Half A Brain, on Sun 16 Aug 9:53PM
  8. Beckham cash in before it is too late. Your age will­ soon count against you

    From eurosportcommentator, on Sun 16 Aug 9:07PM
  9. KEV... HIS ATTITUDE STINKS?
    ARE U JOKING ME?
    SO U­ DISAGREE WITH SIR ALEX FERGUSON, CAPPELLO AND­ ANCELLOTTI 3 OF THE BEST MANAGERS IN THE WORLD WHO SAID­ IT WAS A PLEASURE 2 WORK WITH BECKS.
    COMING FROM A­ SCOTTISH RANGERS FAN.

    From grant_linton, on Sun 16 Aug 8:22PM
  10. leave beckham alone. all the players in the american­ league are not fit to clean his boots. the sooner he­ leaves the better from the yankie tossers.

    From ken.ward71, on Sun 16 Aug 7:31PM
  11. If he was serious, he'd buy out his LA Galaxy­ contract and move to Milan, pronto.

    As it is,­ he'll fall slowly into decline and obscurity...

    From ispurs, on Sun 16 Aug 7:14PM
  12. Lawl Becks

    From the_rogue_unknown, on Sun 16 Aug 6:59PM
  13. Yeah right, Beck just want to have a next weekend off­ to fly to Milan for a possible loan deal, nice try­ Beck.

    From Chris, on Sun 16 Aug 6:54PM
  14. becks is a legend=fact and you dont need to know­ anything about football or be smart to figure that out­ so all haters can stfu. also in the american league the­ referees are as ***t as the most players are so they­ cant make good judging decisions so its obviously not­ his fault. all i want to say is beckham make biggest­ mistake ever coming to this bloody pakistani 56th­ division football(mls soccer i meant lol)

    From andreysizemin, on Sun 16 Aug 6:39PM
  15. Pete is his best friend? Who the hell is pete... some­ random guy from a different team is his best friend.­ Interesting

    From buymydrugs1, on Sun 16 Aug 6:01PM
  16. Beckham can say anything and bend the truth, "pete­ is one of my best friends". how many best friends­ do you have?

    From ryanho0001, on Sun 16 Aug 5:27PM
  17. All he can do is kick a free kick and get sent off and­ miss some penalties.
    He can't run with the ball, he­ can't tackle and his attitude stinks. He isn't­ the player everyone seems to think he is, and he will­ never be a legend or one of the greatest. It's­ exactly him and others like him who are turning­ professional football into a joke.

    From Kev, on Sun 16 Aug 5:08PM
  18. whats the pont for pointing this article here. This is­ England we dont need to here about the business of some­ 3rd rate Football league.

    From dan, on Sun 16 Aug 4:48PM
  19. Dale - NBA and NFL are @#$%e. You're arguing about­ a sport invented and pioneered by the English you­ muppet. At least we don't invent our own sport that­ none of the rest of the world plays just so we­ don't have to be humiliated by foreign sides.­ England haven't won the world cup since­ 1966....when did the US last win anything in football?­ Oh what you nearly won the Confederations Cup?­ Newsflash - no one cares about the Confederations Cup,­ or should I say no one but the Americans.­ Unfortunately, MLS is never going to be a big league,­ because football is not a big sport in your country.­ Put down your bats, basketballs and hockey sticks and­ join the rest of the sophisticated sporting world.

    From Goldie Looking Berg, on Sun 16 Aug 4:43PM
  20. There once was a sporting gent who lived in the wilds­ of the back of beyond who tatooed his arms and he ended­ up in Duffy's Circus

    From ULSTERMAN, on Sun 16 Aug 4:43PM
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