Monday, September 03, 2007

Major League Soccer: An Update on What's Going On

Project David Beckham will take at least a six-week break thanks to a right knee sprain suffered in last Wednesday's SuperLiga final loss to Pachuca. News of Beckham's latest injury bombshell is horrible for the Galaxy of course -- the entire organization is being ground up by the weight of it all. But Major League Soccer looks like a Bad Luck Schleprock in this whole fiasco, too.

The Beckham Rule has been working out well for everyone but David Beckham and the Los Angeles Galaxy. So, while the Galaxy have been sinking to new lows on the field and meeting with Juergen Klinsmann off the field, most other MLS teams have been doing quite well recently. Beckham has spiked the Galaxy's road attendance, leading teams such as the New York Red Bulls to factor potentially massive crowds into their new stadium construction. Here are some compelling MLS story lines away from the Beckham sideshow.

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