Landon, Beckham, Galaxy in Australia
Landon Donovan, the Galaxy's star forward from Redlands, is with the club in, of all places, Sydney, Australia.
It's part of a two-game Galaxy tour of the antipodes .. with a match at Wellington, New Zealand coming up on Saturday.
Anyway, the Sydney game will have 80,000 people at it ... to see David Beckham, of course. Nobody in Australia knows anyone else on the Galaxy, including Landon. Kickoff is Tuesday night there ... which is 1:30 a.m. Tuesday morning here.
You can read some Galaxy/Beckham coverage in the Sydney Morning Herald by clicking here.
Landon isn't keen on travel, generally. He's done scads of it, and it doesn't amuse him.
This trip, however, he doesn't mind, he told me via e-mail.
"I will enjoy going to Australia, believe it or not. In reality, these off-season trips are all better because we actually get to go out and do things. Most of the time we have to sit in the hotel and wait for the game and then leave the next day. The trips I least look forward to are the ones to Central America. The entire trip becomes a nightmare from the minute you step on the plane. It's always very hot, the hotels are a crapshoot, you never know about the food and then the gameday experience is miserable. Let's just say that by the end of the trip, I can't WAIT to get home! That being said, there's nothing better than going to one of those countries and beaten them on their soil!"
Landon has to wait till next year to experience anew the pleasures of a qualifier in Central America. For now, we trust he is enjoying this trip. The plane rides aside.
If I can find that the Galaxy match is being televised anywhere ... I'll do another blog item on it.
Comments
The most interesting part of this trip is that the Galaxy will start the Ruud experiment away from Media ocverage. Is this a show of faith or another Alexi mis-step in the running of the top team in the MLS. Why not have Ruud's first game at home so the fans can be there to see on e of the best players of all time.
Posted by: Chris Evans | November 26, 2007 1:10 PM