David Beckham treated like royalty in LA

[Hortical]

The arrival was like royalty - except that no king or queen ever had such a welcome, at least not in Los Angeles. Posh and Becks are of course much, much bigger than royalty.
In an atmosphere of fevered anticipation that went to hysteria and beyond, David and Victoria Beckham set foot on US soil together for the first time early today as they began their new life as America's Mr and Mrs Soccer.

We're here: Posh and Becks arrive in Los Angeles in advance of the footballer's unveiling at new team LA Galaxy

Beckham-mania reaches LA: Crowds of fans gather alongside the media pack to greet the Beckham's in an event one airport worker described as 'bigger than 9/11'



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[Bricktop]

David and Victoria Beckham set foot on US soil together for the first time early today

BULLSH!T

[Mosiah]

Suppose him did good!?

[HL]

Yeah--suppose him did good lika...lika...lika...
Lets me see now...hmmmm... hmmmmm...Oh...ok...ok...

Suppose him did good lika Tappa...or bettah yet...suppose him did good like the Maestro!!?

[Mosiah]

Yuhseeit! I mean, why is Beckham the world's best known footballer? Has he ever even been seriously considered for Footballer of the Year?

[Peter R]

Like Freddy Adu!

[Karl]

Beckham paying off already
published: Friday | July 13, 2007


David Beckham... sparked sales of more than 250,000 LA Galaxy shirts. - File


MIAMI (Reuters):
DAVID BECKHAM'S move to LA Galaxy has already set the cash tills ringing at the Major League Soccer (MLS) club with a quarter of a million replica team shirts ordered before they were even unveiled.

Beckham was due to arrive in Los Angeles yesterday and will be officially presented by the Galaxy today.

"We're already well over a quarter of a million units that were ordered ... without knowledge of what they were going to look like," Galaxy president Alexi Lalas told the club's website http://la.galaxy.mlsnet.com.

"We will look to do significant numbers and historic numbers not just with an MLS context, but with an international jersey context," he added.

Change of colour
Galaxy have changed from a yellow and green outfit to an all-white home kit very similar to the one Beckham wore with Spanish club Real Madrid.
During his first six months in Madrid the club sold more than a million Beckham shirts.

After he left Spain on a high midway through last month, with Real celebrating their first Primera Liga title success for four years, the club's director of marketing José Angel Sanchez said Beckham had been worth in excess of US$600 million in marketing revenue. As well as the shirt-buying frenzy, Beckham has appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated, a rare honour for a soccer player, and will star in a new TV documentary shortly.
He is due to make his debut for LA in a friendly against Chelsea on July 21.

[Time]

Let hope they can increase interest in soccer, a bigger soccer industry means more dollars for Jamaican talent exports

[Karl]

Let hope they can increase interest in soccer, a bigger soccer industry means more dollars for Jamaican talent exports

Yuh seit!

[Bricktop]

I really don't see this increasing interest in soccer in the US in a meaningful way.