Galaxy 12-4 Hollywood United

What with all the excitement going on in and around Beckham’s shorts, I almost forgot to report on the actual game. Let’s fix that, shall we?

By all accounts, the charity match between the Galaxy and Hollywood United was lots of fun for all involved, despite being a bit of a blowout. The Galaxy won 12-4 with scores by pretty much everybody. (For some reason I can’t get any of the match reports to load. Stupid computer. But reader George says, “Let’s see — hat trick by Buddle; two goals each from Beckham, Klein, and Mike Caso; one each from Vagenas, Harmse, and Cobi.” That’s twelve and he was there, so I’m assuming this is all the research I need to do. )

As reported yesterday, David Beckham was playing all out, a fact that had nothing to do with the fact that a certain Steve McClaren happened to be in the audience. Several articles reported on a hard tackle on Franck LeBoeuf, but LeBoeuf himself wasn’t bothered. What did make him a touch upset, though? When Becks tried to nutmeg him.

“That (ticked) me off,” said LeBeouf, who managed two goals in the Galaxy’s 12-4 victory.

“The tackle I don’t care about. He’s a professional player. When I was a player, I had the same character. When I play cards, I can’t stand losing. He will calm down when he becomes like me.”

Or, in other words, David, you’ll mellow when you get old.

Anybody believe that?

Reader George also reports that some of the players stayed to sign autographs after the game, notably Joe Cannon and Cobi Jones. A class act to the end, is our Cobi. And Cannon’s not too bad himself.

And best of all, they raised over $100,000 for victims of the California wildfires. Nice work, guys!

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Category: 2007 Games, Exhibition Matches, Player News, Team News