Beckham Returns

On July 16th David Beckham made his return to the MLS, and most could argue that nobody cared. When Beckham came to the MLS a couple years back some thought this would make soccer relevant in the United States, i would bet a paycheck that nearly half of the sports fans in America dont even know the MLS exists, and if the do i know they cant name every team. The only reason Beckham's name is even in the news has nothing to do with his on field play. A new book is coming out called The Beckham Experiment. In that book Landon Donovan made some less than flattering comments about the Galaxy captain. Donovan called Beckham a bad captain and teammate. Whether or not you agree with the way Donovan did it you cant really argue his point. Since being with the team the Galaxy have played just over .500 without Beckham, with him just 9 wins in 32 games. Donovan should have been more of a man but Beckham has a lot to do to be a better captain and teammate. But honestly Beckham could lead the Galaxy to 5 straight MLS Championships and still soccer would not be a mainstream sport. And this is not just a soccer bashing article I'm just telling the truth soccer will never be a top sport in this country. Now like every other sport soccer does have its rabid fans but the casual fans aren't drawn in as much as the other sports draw in the casual fans. Soccer has a long way to go (at least in this country) before it will become a major sport, if it can become one i just don't believe it can.