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David Beckham named MLS Player of the Week

The North American Soccer Reporters named midfielder David Beckham the MLS Player of the Week for round two of Major League Soccer:

From MLSnet.com…

“Los Angeles Galaxy midfielder David Beckham was voted as Major League Soccer’s Player of the Week for Week 2 of the 2008 season. Beckham scored his first MLS regular season goal and notched an assist as the Galaxy defeated the San Jose Earthquakes 2-0 in their home opener.”

“Beckham opened the scoring for the Galaxy in the ninth minute when Landon Donovan pounced on a loose ball in the midfield and slid a pass through the defense for him to run onto. Current Earthquakes and former Galaxy goalkeeper Joe Cannon stepped out to take away the shooting angle, but Beckham slotted it home through his legs for his first goal of the season and first regular season goal in a Galaxy uniform.”

“Beckham and Donovan teamed up again in the 38th minute to provide the scoring punch. Beckham lofted a ball over the defense and Donovan raced onto it and lobbed the ball over Cannon to give the Galaxy their final margin of victory.”

MVN Stories and Videos on this match, http://ballhype.com/story/galaxy_celebrating_beckham_s_first_league_goal_in_mls/

Player of the Week Press Release, http://la.galaxy.mlsnet.com/news/mls_news.jsp?ymd=20080407&content_id=148373&vkey=pr_mls&fext=.jsp

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