Holy Jesus: Reactions to Beckham’s Goal

I am going to wager that you have probably seen the goal in the video above somewhere between one and seven million times already. You’ll see it again. There might even be a 24-hour cable channel that shows nothing but it again and again and again. It will get about the same ratings as the 24-hour fire log channel that appears around the holiday. The goal, of course, is David Beckham’s first in an LA Galaxy uniform and after our long national suffering there is finally proof that he will indeed save US soccer from what it needs to be saved from.

An event this big will likely be chronicled by historians in multi-volume books in the years to come, but for now we are left to the Blogosphere to gage the initial reaction to the free kick that has forever changed our lives. As you would expect, the chatter is voluminous and the opinions vary.

• Who was that team out there? (LA Galaxy Offside)
• The most important goal ever (The Other Football)
• Beckham scored while on a gimpy leg so therefore the level of play in MLS sucks (Football is for the Madman)
• Get your tickets now for the Beckham tour (Soccer by Ives)
• The White House: Beckham? He’s not an oil man, is he? (Post Chronicle)

Two other reactions worth noting. The first is that of Mrs. Beckham after her husband scored. She looked like a zombie. My new theory is that she is like Dick Cheney. She is a cyborg.

The other reaction belongs to Landon Donovan. “I was so excited,” he said. “We’ve all watched him on television and think it can’t be that good. When I turned round, I thought: ‘Holy Jesus, are you kidding me?’ It was unbelievable.”

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Category: MLS, World Football