Beckham Gets His First American Goal

Published: August 15, 2007, 7:15 pm

Filed under: Los Angeles, Soccer, Breaking NewsCasual Soccer fans -- all three of you -- your long international nightmare is over! After flying from coast to coast and barely getting any playing time during stops in Toronto, Washington and Foxboro, David Beckham got his first start on North American soil tonight at home in Los Angeles in the Superliga 2007 semifinal against D.C. United.And it didn't take long for him to get his first goal.Beckham's goal came in the 27th minute of the match. In true Beckham style, the goal came on a free kick, as he calmly bent a shot over a wall of D.C. United players and tucked the ball into the opposite side of the net giving the Galaxy a 1-0 lead as a his new teammates mobbed him in celebration.D.C. goalkeeper Troy Perkins seemed to take particular care in setting up the wall in front of Beckham, but it was to no avail, as Perkins was caught helpless leaning to the near post as the shot curled away from him and into the net.One aside: It's

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