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David Beckham's Charity Match
Oct. 30, 2007
David Beckham will play in a charity soccer match to raise funds for the victims of the recent devastating California wildfires.
The British soccer star and his Los Angeles Galaxy team will take on Hollywood United FC - which boasts players including actors Anthony LaPaglia and Jimmy Jean-Louis, as well as soccer hero Frank Leboeuf - in the game on November 4.
Alexi Lalas, Los Angeles Galaxy's president and general manager, said: "Our players are residents of Southern California .
"This is a great way through soccer for us to bring some attention and, most importantly, raise some money. And, in the process, give the people another opportunity to see the stars we have here with the Galaxy."
The match will take place at Carson 's Home Depot Centre - home to the Los Angeles Galaxy team - and all proceeds will be given to the American Red Cross and the Salvation Army.
Over 500,000 people had to be evacuated from their homes - including Hollywood stars Mel Gibson and Olivia Newton-John - during the six-day blaze that began raging across Southern California on October 21.
Gwen Stefani is also doing her bit to help those affected by the disaster, which left at least 12 people dead and destroyed 2,000 homes.
The singer - who grew up in Orange County , California - has announced she will donate the proceeds from her San Diego concert to victims of the fires.
She said: "When I heard about the devastation of the fires, at first I felt I should cancel my show out of respect, but then it occurred to me there might be a more useful solution."
Gwen described San Diego as her "second home" and revealed the profits will go to The San Diego Foundation's After-the-Fires Fund 2007.
San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders said: "We applaud the generosity of Gwen Stefani."
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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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