Thoughts

Now that soccer superstar David Beckham is here in LA, it's time to share my take on what this new change will mean.

David Beckham will no doubt electrify MLS and the LA Galaxy. There will be a buzz around the Home Depot Center for the rest of the year, especially if Posh Spice Victoria Beckham shows up and brings her Hollywood friends (including Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes). It'll elevate Galaxy games to Lakers games status (or at least Clipper status).

But after the initial buzz wears off, David Beckham will just be another big name in a sagging sport because he isn't a scorer and has slowed in recent years. And soccer will go back to being the sports that the international community loves, but American doesn't. The bottom line is soccer is just not in the American culture. And there's nothing David Beckham or anybody else can do about it.

Still, I'm glad David Beckham is here to at least give it a try!