In a recent issue of Sports Illustrated there is a lengthy article excerpted from the book The Beckham Experiment. It opened my eyes to the effect worldwide celebrity and soccer star David Beckham has had on the L.A. Galaxy and the MLS as a whole.
The article focuses a lot on Landon Donovan's opinion on Beckham. Donovan basically says that Beckham's commitment to the team was subpar, he was not a good leader and that he has overall been very disappointing.
The article also talked about how Beckham couldn't connect to his teammates and how his personal business manager and best friend was put into a paid position on the L.A. Galaxy.
Since not many Americans follow soccer it is hard to see what Beckham has been doing for soccer in this country and this article showed me how much of a disappointment he has been.
Here is a link to the Sports Illustrated article.
http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1157380/index.htm
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