Galaxy 2-0 DC United (and Beckham’s First Goal!)

By: Laurie | August 15th, 2007

Oh my Lord! Who were these guys and what did they do to my team? It’s almost enough to make you believe in alien abduction. Or was it just a good, solid dose of that Beckham magic?

Attacking play! Guys fighting for (and winning) the ball! Passes that actually went to players in the same color jerseys! Back passes only when they made sense! And…oh…let’s see, I know I remember the word…. It’s on the tip of my tongue… Ummm… Oh, yeah! GOALS!

Two goals, to be exact. Yes, two. Count ‘em, TWO unanswered goals!! Including Beckham’s first in MLS, from an absolutely glorious free kick. (And did anybody else find it humorous how the guys are already strategically managing to make those fouls happen in scoring postion? Nicely done, boys.) Beckham’s leadership on the field is nothing short of amazing. Assuming this is a sign of things to come, well worth $6.5 million.

The second goal was trademark, classic Landon Donovan. I’m thinking that Landon is a) happy to have Beckham playing and b) ~~not so happy to be stripped of his captaincy and~~* wanting to prove himself. A GOOD thing. I haven’t seen Landon play this well in awhile.

Actually, I thought everybody played well. Mike Randolph particularly impressed me. When I saw that he was playing left back (with Jazic out due to cards), I was worried that he’d be the weak link DC would exploit repeatedly. It didn’t work out that way. He was solid. Actually, the entire back line looked good. I like Chris Klein so much better as rightback than in the midfield.

Joe Cannon earned his paycheck again with several great saves. For these we will forgive the fact that he never seems to hit a Galaxy player with the long balls. Love you anyway, Joe!

I’m quite certain this all happened because I was at the game.

And let’s just hope and pray that playing well over a half won’t set Beckham back another month.

(Although for me, being at this game would almost make it worth it.)

*Check out this post for the true story on the Beckham-Landon captaincy issue.