D.C. United 0 Beckham 1 (Half Time)
Here's how the Beckham goal was described on MLS' Match tracker:
"LA -27th Minute. Goal Scored by 23-David Beckham, 1st of season. In Goal was 1-Troy Perkins. Goal scored from outside penalty area."
Hmmm.
What the crowd at a half-empty Home Depot Center really saw was a strike of transcendent beauty, a stunning free kick from 27 yards that left goalkeeper Troy Perkins rooted to the spot and staring at the ball rippling the inside netting. This is why the MLS suits wanted Beckham.
Beckham is wearing the captain's armband and is displaying the sort of leadership the Galaxy direly needs.
Match Tracker does helpfully tell us Beck's has completed 13 out of 17 passes though.
He also found time to pick up a yellow card for a nasty looking foul on Moreno that would have earned some players a straight red.
Let's hope Beckham's ankle holds up and he comes out for the second half.
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Sportswriter Nick Green has written the 100 Percent Soccer column since 2005 for the Daily News, Daily Breeze and other Los Angeles area newspapers. The blog of the same name began in 2007. A native of England, he began writing about soccer in the mid-1980s and in 2000 permanently exchanged a seat in the stands for one in the press box. He lives six miles from Carson's Home Depot Center, home of the Los Angeles Galaxy, Chivas USA and the training headquarters for U.S. Soccer and is married to a long-suffering soccer widow. Join Nick on FaceBook and follow him on Twitter.
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