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July 18, 2007
The Beckham Package
First of all - get your mind out of the gutter!
I won't lie, I have a ridiculous crush on David Beckham - dorky accent and all - and I have for over a decade (way, way before he gained much notoriety in the States outside of big soccer fans). In high school I had a Beckham shrine in my locker (which was moved to my bedroom senior year to make room for my collection of bright orange objects - it was a phase) and I was devastated when he began dating a Spice Girl (even though she was the cutest one), and even more crushed when they got married and I had to edit out that wedding ring in my new pictures - which, upon recollection, were really hard to come by because the internet was still pretty rudimentary. My first picture of Becks was cut out from my brother's copy of Eurosport. I follow MLS and European soccer casually, and Jeff keeps me posted on the important trades and standings and I always enjoy watching games if I remember when they're showing - all that said to clarify that my crush is rooted in an appreciation for his athletic gifts as well as his physique.
As you may have guessed, I am thrilled that the Beckham family is stateside and I long to attend a match between the Galaxy and the Revs. However, that requires purchase of the whole "Beckham Package," which means I'd have to haul my ass out to BFE, Massachusetts three times. Yeah, no. We'll be checking eBay and Craigslist in the upcoming weeks. I've never seen him in person, and I am dying for this to happen.
My solution if I can't get to a game? Park my ass on Newbury Street every day and hope that he decides to do some shopping. Sure, Boston isn't any kind of fashion mecca, but Newbury Street has some totally trendy restaurants and very upscale shopping. Also, since I've warmed up to his crazy-ass wife Posh in a major way (she's so tacky and British!), I really hope that she will support her husband and attend the matches and roam around our fair city. I will be doing constant internet research to find out whether or not she's here, where they might be going, and if you think I won't have my camera in my purse every day that the Galaxy is in town, you're dead wrong. It would be preferable to see him actually playing, though.
I don't care what all the snobs say about how Americans make too big of a deal about Beckham (I mean, he's totally past his prime), he's still going to bring desperately needed attention to the game. People bitch about how soccer is boring and sucks (uh...baseball?) and that it will never catch on here, but they're idiots because soccer is on the rise in the younger generations and club teams are really popular. I hope I'm still around when US soccer can compete with our other sports for fans and press (and actually play on the same schedule as the rest of the damn world), but I know it'll take a while. What's wrong with you people!
| By heidi | 7:59 PM
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