Los Angels Galaxy introduced David Beckham

I want to add on to earlier post about David Beckham.

David Beckham's much-hyped debut with the Los Angeles Galaxy soccer team drew an average of 1.5 million viewers to ESPN, the largest audience for an ESPN telecast involving a Major League Soccer team.

Beckham, struggling with an ankle injury, played for only 16 minutes during Saturday's game against English club Chelsea, but ESPN's telecast was the night's most-watched program among men 18-49 and men 25-54.

ESPN's previous record was for an April 4, 1996, match between DC United and San Jose Clash -- the league's first game -- that averaged 1.1 million viewers. It also was ahead of U.S. Soccer National Team matches, other than the FIFA World Cup tournament.

ESPN is planning several other Los Angeles Galaxy games featuring Beckham, including two each in August and September and one on October 18. All will be on ESPN2.

As we figured, David Beckham attracts of a lot of attention. He started a small revolution in the US soccer scene.

The question is whether Beckham's 10th or 20th or 50th MLS game will be a big event. I really hope that he make soccer more popular constantly in the U.S.A.

The Beckhams move to the U.S.

There has been endless cover and anticipation over the British soccer, or should I call him a football star, and his diva wife moving to the states. Granted he is an amazing athlete who has one of the largest fan bases of any pro athlete. I have just seen so much on TV the past two months hyping the families move to California, and David signing with the Galaxy soccer team. I think it's great that the emphasis is on the team, the franchise and what the star player can bring not only to the team, but to the city and state of california. There are tons of potential profits that can be made from ticket and merchandise sales, not to mention all of the other promotions Posh and Becks will be involved in. There is also a reality tv series that has been filming the whole process from planning the move from the UK to the US, and has followed Victoria around filming the things she does from house hunting,to shopping and showing thier private family lives as a married couple with three young sons. I am really interested to see the show, and get a look at how these famous people live their lives.
There has been so much media/paparazzi attention surounding everything they do, I think it has taken away from the real reason they made the move; so David could join a great soccer team. That aspect has been pushed backed, and for such an amazing soccer star I would like to see more coverage of it. The day he did officially join the team, and got his jersey, there was a lot of press coverage and that is what I had been expecting more of. Not what clothes they had been seen wearing, or the places in LA where Posh had been seen shopping. This is a huge deal in the world of soccer, and I have seen the speech he gave after recieving his Galaxy jersey played a couple of times, but I have seen more about the upcoming reality show. I don't want his amazing talents to be pushed out of the forefront for things that seen so much more trivial.
I am a fan of both the Beckhams, and i love to hear about them, so I understand why there are so many trivial stories about the couple. But he is a soccer god, and I want to see and hear more about what's going on with his new team.
Just some thoughts I had, I would love to hear some opinions.

Women World Cup 2007 in China

World Cup is only for men? NO! http://www.fifa.com/womenworldcup/index.html

Sixteen nations including perennial powerhouses the United States, Norway, Germany, Sweden and Brazil will head to five Chinese cities for the Sept. 10-30 tournament. The 16 teams in this year's tournament include five from Europe (Norway, Sweden, Germany, Denmark, England); host China and four other Asian/Pacific teams (Australia, Korea DPR, Japan, New Zealand); and two teams each from North America (United States, Canada), Africa (Nigeria, Ghana), and South America (Argentina, Brazil).

This year is the fifth time the Women's World Cup has been held since the tournament began in 1991. The United States won in 1991 and 1999, while Norway won in 1995 and Germany in 2003.

Even though I am a fun of World Cup, I didn't even know the fact that there is a "Women's World Cup." I've never seen women's soccer. I think I'll like Women's World Cup. I'm not sure if many people are interested in Women's soccer, but it is true that the number of the women soccer players are increasing little by little. FIFA said that they hope to see some really close matches in China, then they can think about expanding the 2011 tournament from 16 teams to 24.