Unless you've been completely out of the news of late, you've heard about the controversy between David Beckham and Landon Donovan as chronicled by SI senior writer Grant Wahl in his newly released book titled The Beckham Experiment. This post will not be a commentary on that, however.
Tonight is Beckham's first game back for the Galaxy since declaring himself a part-time MLS player. He spent the first half the MLS season in Italy with giants AC Milan. We'll see how Beckham fits into this team who have won three in a row, and how he gets on with Donovan.
I like the Galaxy's chances tonight. They are playing the New York Red Bulls, after all. Kickoff is at 8pm ET (90 minutes from right now).
UPDATE: LA is up 3-0 going into halftime with David Beckham in the line-up. The game isn't being televised here in Seattle so I can't judge his performance, but clearly Beckham is not disrupting the Galaxy's momentum. It's against the Red Bulls, yes, but three goals in one half on the road is impressive nonetheless.
UPDATE #2: Full time, LA wins 3-1, Beckham subbed in the 70th minute. All signs point to a positive return on his part, but I haven't seen any highlights of the game to back this up.
UPDATE #3: Scratch that, apparently he had little or no effect on the game whatsoever.
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