went to the game saturday night. what was a fun game.
they say 66,000 but there were more like 55,000 was actually in the house.

becks played awesome and it was a good show for everyone. 9 total goals - total shootout, kept everyone pumped.

everytime beckham did a free kick or corner kick, the crowd went nuts in anticipation - flashbulbs galore.

what MLS has to do is add another player next year to the new york team and slowly add a player to each team as seasons go by so every year, there's a must see player that will sell tickets. a hispanic guy for ny, but maybe the league should try to sign zidane?

wow, that looked great. i wish i had either been there or watched it on tv. as for your assessment of what the mls should do, i completely agree. this is the most interesting the mls has been ever, and it gives young american players a chance to play with world class players.

I agree with you dj... MLS needs to keep signing big name players if soccer is ever going to take off in the States. Bottomline is that Americans will only watch the best athletes. It's why gimmicks like the XFL fail here. Most Americans don't want to watch second or third rate players, which is exactly what most MLS players are in comparison to their European counterpart.

Even if the guys they sign are past their prime, it's a good move. At first, I thought signing Beckham was pretty friggin stupid. Apparently I was incredibly wrong, as that game had more buzz than ANY other professional game this summer. Barry breaking the record was huge, but no one knew which game that was going to happen.