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Craig HillDavid Beckham scores on first start for LA Galaxy
August 17th 2007 05:27
Former England captain David Beckham scored in his first start for his new club - the LA Galaxy - against DC United in the Superliga competition.
Returning from an ankle injury first sustained in early June while on international duty, Beckham duly delivered for his legion of admirers with a trademark free-kick when McTavish fouled Carlos Pavon from 25 yards out.
In typical Hollywood fashion, up stepped 'Goldenballs' to curl a free-kick over the wall and into the top left-hand corner of the goal with United keeper Troy Perkins rooted to the spot.
The crowd went wild and so did his team-mates including goalkeeper Joe Cannon who ran half the field to offer his congratulations to his new captain.
In the second half, Beckham tore apart DC United with a defence splitting pass to Landon Donovan for Galaxy's second goal of the evening before being withdrawn to a standing ovation from the Galaxy faithful on the 63rd minute.
After the game, Beckham was quick to praise his team-mates for their collective effort.
"It was a great team performance tonight. We showed a lot of character to play like we did. I didn't expect to last an hour, but it felt great after 10 minutes into the game. My confidence grew." he said.
When quizzed about his surprise captaincy, Beckham was quick to acknowledge the honour and thanked his team-mate and now ex-captain Landon Donovan for his kind gesture.
"I'm very honoured that he felt the need to give me the armband and that he felt it would lift the team," said Beckham.
Donovan happily relinquished the captaincy in consultation with manager Frank Yallop and said that it was only natural to hand over the armband given Beckham's leadership and experience from his time as England captain.
"I told him that if he was ready for it, I thought it was appropriate that he wear it and that I thought it would help us right now." Donovan said.
Beckham's next game will be against New York Red Bulls on Saturday.
[Source: YouTube]
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