The appearance of David Beckham at the Los Angeles Galaxy team a couple of years ago may not have provided much success on behalf of the club itself, nevertheless it has undoubtedly raised the profile of the "beautiful game" in the United States.
Beckham and Posh brought together the VIP celeb culture and the elevated sections of the footballing world in a way that had by no means been seen beforehand in the USA. Previous to his arrival (in reality even currently), the chief American footballers could only dream of earning a fraction of the enormous figures bandied about when Beckham's overall salary are mentioned
But still, he seems to have had the desired impact of raising the game at grassroots level, as well as in the movie star world. This was emphasised by the very big crowds on show when Chelsea, AC Milan and Inter Milan appeared in America for a pre-season tournament. Every contest was played in front of a sell-out multitude. I seem to recollect over 100,000 being at one game concerning Chelsea, dwarfing the records seen at pre-season games even in England.
The upsurge in the fame of "soccer" has also seen a growth in the blogs and fan-sites appearing in the USA, and a few have caught my eye of late as they seem to have a entirely dissimilar manner of looking at football than the English citizens. Perhaps we should alter it to "soccer" also, it could change our attitudes!
I especially love the bizarrely named Amongthethugs (a allusion to a hardback by American author Bill Bruford about UK hooligans from the nineties i believe, even though it is not alluded to on the site). This is a site set up by six West Coast soccer fans, who between them cheer on five different English teams, moreover they retain a enjoyably jokey viewpoint on the soccer scene in the British Isles. No-one is protected from their jibes and i observe myself repeatedly checking back to check who their jibes are aimed at next.
They have a short time ago asked why Carlo Ancelotti would deliberately throw a contest against Wigan which i found quite funny, and they projected a new eye protection for Van Persie to wear when he subsequently faces Adebayor.
An added article that tickled me is the likeness of Carlos Tevez to a Caveman! You have to see them to get the jokes, so go over and have a peek. You will not be disappointed. The good-natured ribbing of the clubs supported by the other bloggers is something you definitely don't get in irritated old England! If you are into soccer and like a giggle, test it out, you won't be let down with AmongTheThugs.
So you can perceive that the "David Beckham effect" has had a much further reaching bearing on the American football scene than everybody had expected. Even though he may well have been earning obscenely prohibitive earnings, he has had the desired consequence of tempting more and more "soccer" fans to matches than has ever been seen previously.
And the American view of "soccer" is perhaps something that I would like to see exported to Britain, as the fans here just seem to take everything much too seriously!
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