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David Beckham Names MLS Player of the Week April. 10, 2008
Los Angeles Galaxy midfielder David Beckham was named Major League Soccer's Player of the Week for Week 2 on Monday. Beckham scored his first MLS goal and added an assist to lead Los Angeles to a 2-0 win in its season opener over San Jose on Thursday. Beckham opened the scoring in the ninth minute after Landon Donovan pounced on a loose ball and slid a pass through the defense for him to run onto. Current Earthquakes and former Galaxy goalie 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 an L.A. uniform. "It's great to score a goal. I love scoring goals. I'm usually the other end assisting," Beckham said. Beckham and Donovan teamed 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. "Having played and trained together now, it's made it even easier. I know where he wants the ball and how he wants the ball, and he knows where I want it and how I want it," Donovan said. Los Angeles (1-1-0) hosts Toronto FC on Sunday at 3 p.m. (ET). Following is a list of the 2008 Player of the Week winners: Week 1: Terry Cooke ( Colorado Rapids). Week 2: David Beckham ( Los Angeles Galaxy).
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The Galaxy opened their stadium, the Home Depot Center on June 7. But in order for their home to be ready, the team had to play a record 8 games to start the season and failed to win a game. In fact, the Galaxy finish the season without a win away from home the whole season. After the season's final game, the Galaxy had the final playoff spot in the West. In their aggregate series with the Earthquakes, they seemed well on to vindication for the MLS Cup loss 2 years earlier as they held 4 goals to 0 lead midway through the 2 nd game. A thing happened as the Earthquakes scored four unanswered goals to force a tiebreaker. In that session, the Earthquakes' Rodrigo Farina score to send the Quakes onto the next round. In 2004 Looking to return to the top, the Galaxy would go through a mediocre 1 st half of the season before 3 straight wins over the summer. But from July 14 on, the Galaxy won only 2 more games, one in September and one in October. The Galaxy had a record of 11-9-10, good enough for 2nd in the West and the playoff, remaining the only club in MLS to have a playoff spot in every year of league in the playoffs, the Galaxy withstood an early challenge from the Rapids to win the aggregate goal series, 2-1, scoring 2 times in Game 2. In the conference final, the Galaxy's season would come to an end in Kansas with a 2-0 loss to Arnaud and the Wizards. |
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