USA: FOOTBALL / SOCCER - David Beckham looking forward to another try at MLS Cup after his Los Angeles Galaxy fall to FC Dallas

Record ID: 785380

  • Title: USA: FOOTBALL / SOCCER - David Beckham looking forward to another try at MLS Cup after his Los Angeles Galaxy fall to FC Dallas
  • Date: 17th November 2010
  • Summary: CARSON, CALIFORNIA, USA. (NOVEMBER 14, 2010) (REUTERS) (NIGHT SHOTS) FANS OUTSIDE HOME DEPOT CENTER HOME DEPOT CENTER SIGN INT. HOME DEPOT CENTER- DAVID BECKHAM IN GALAXY LOCKER ROOM AFTER LOSING TO FC DALLAS 3-0 (SOUNDBITE) (English) DAVID BECKHAM SAYING: "It's for other people to comment on my performance, you know at the end of the day as long as I've given 110% like I do in every game then, you know, I can look at myself in the mirror and know that I've done that so it's just disappointing that we've gone out the way we've gone out." CAMERAMAN (SOUNDBITE) (English) DAVID BECKHAM SAYING: "Of course you know it's a goal for me in each year, I want to be successful here and we have to ?? but we want to be successful as a club and as a team hopefully we can do that next season." (SOUNDBITE) (English) DAVID BECKHAM SAYING: "Like the way we've played but it counts for nothing obviously because we're out and you know we're on holiday now." GALAXY HEAD COACH BRUCE ARENA AT POSTGAME PRESS CONFERENCE (SOUNDBITE) (English) BRUCE ARENA SAYING: "David played well, you know he was hurt and...David showed a lot of character playing in 90 minutes. You know we saw right in the beginning of the game, probably 15 minutes in he had a problem and he hung in there, we talked to him at halftime and there was a chance we were going to take him off and he stayed in. You know...if we have all players with his kind of character and commitment, you know, we would continue to do well, he did well given the circumstances, it wasn't easy for him to play with that injury but he hung in there." FANS OUTSIDE HOME DEPOT CENTER
  • Embargoed: 2nd December 2010 12:00
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  • Country: USA
  • Topics: Sports
  • Reuters ID: LVACMPN4E3LD0A9J10USU5XWPDQ5
  • Story Text: David Beckham and the L.A Galaxy suffered a shock 3-0 home defeat to FC Dallas on Sunday (November 14) in the MLS Western Conference championship game.
    Beckham looked short of full fitness as the Galaxy were out-thought by an intelligent and better-organised Dallas team and Galaxy head coach Bruce Arena admitted afterwards Beckham was not at full speed.
    "You know we saw right in the beginning of the game, probably 15 minutes in he had a problem and he hung in there," Arena told reporters.
    Colombian midfielder David Ferreira put Dallas in front in the 26th minute when he was allowed to turn and shoot on the edge of the area and fired into the bottom corner. The goal came against the run of play with Dallas keeper Kevin Hartman having been busy to keep out efforts from Juninho and Mike Magee and a bouncing free-kick from Beckham.
    Former Galaxy keeper Hartman then tipped a good effort from Donovan wide but Dallas took a firm grip on the game in the 54th minute when, after a smart break, Brek Shea slipped a low ball across the box which George John converted at the back post.
    Dallas added their third goal when Ferreira linked up with Marvin Chavez who confidently slotted it home to put the final nail in Beckham's season.
    "Like the way we've played but it counts for nothing obviously because we're out," Beckham told reporters. "We want to be successful as a club and as a team hopefully we can do that next season."
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