‘Keeper Cudicini set for LA Galaxy switch
Italian goalkeeper Carlo Cudicini appears destined for the United States after Tottenham Hotspur announced that they have reached an agreement to sell him to the Los Angeles Galaxy.
Italian goalkeeper Carlo Cudicini appears destined for the United States after Tottenham Hotspur announced that they have reached an agreement to sell him to the Los Angeles Galaxy.
David Beckham is no longer Major League Soccer’s highest-paid player after his salary was cut nearly 40 percent in his new contract with the Los Angeles Galaxy.
David Beckham bent in a free kick in the 62nd minute to help the Los Angeles Galaxy tie the Montreal Impact 1-1 on Saturday at Olympic Stadium in front of 60,860 fans — the largest crowd for a professional soccer game in Canada.
Picking up from where it left off, Philippine football scaled new heights in 2011 and lured a global icon as it firmly established a following in this basketball-crazy nation.
The Azkals fashioned out two historic achievements—qualification to the AFC Challenge Cup main tournament and the second round of World Cup Qualifying—in a stirring follow-up to their amazing semifinal run in the Suzuki Cup in December 2010.
Paris Saint-Germain’s bid to sign David Beckham from the Los Angeles Galaxy may be thwarted by family matters, the French club’s sporting director Leonardo said Friday.
It’s only been just a year when Philippine football took a one-eighty from being one of the most unnoticed and unappreciated sports in the country to being the most watched and most followed.
This whirlwind rise of the sport took a step further when North American major league football team LA Galaxy visited Manila recently as part of its Asia-Pacific promotional tour. The team, which was led by no other than English football superstar David Beckham and the US national football team’s former captain Landon Donovan, went against our very own Philippine Azkals in a friendly match dubbed as the Dream Cup.
The Azkals may have trailed behind with a final score of 6-1 in favor of the LA Galaxy but nonetheless, with major league football players taking on our own footballers on Philippine soil, it was undeniably a good day for Philippine football once again.
The Philippine Azkals hope to build on a “successful year” as they gear up for more exhibition matches against foreign clubs and two major international competitions next year.
It bore the dark promise of a public flogging. The Philippine Azkals indeed took the risk of being severely beaten and humiliated before the hometown crowd. In fact, there was no hint whatsoever of a soft stand from the visiting LA Galaxy team, despite the game being a friendly. There was only one certainty: Both [...]
Filipino football fans may have gotten the thrill of seeing live how it’s like to “Bend it like Beckham,” but there’s more to the international sporting icon’s talent that awed the Filipinos.
David Beckham—who flashed his trademark curling shot in the opening goal of the Los Angeles Galaxay’s 6-1 rout of the Philippine Azkals on Saturday— certainly had more than his talent to charm the country.
Drenched in sweat, he rushed out of the pitch and took off his jersey before handing it to his idol seated at the VIP area.
The Philippines Azkals turned football into a sport with a major cult following. But with the visit of David Beckham and the LA Galaxy, the sport has taken giant strides in popularity, heralding its entry into mainstream entertainment in a huge way.
Inspired by a sublime performance from David Beckham, the Los Angeles Galaxy walloped the Philippine Azkals, 6-1, Saturday night before a huge crowd at the Rizal Memorial Stadium in Manila.
Amid the shrieks of football fans, a quiet time with the kids became the best moment for the entire Los Angeles Galaxy.
The members of the Major League Soccer (MLS) champions squeezed into their tight schedule a special trip to various local orphanages and foundations Saturday morning before the anticipated clash versus the Philippines national team.
