Beckham Makes Cameo in Loss by Johannes de Jong & Greg Seltzer - July 22, 2007 |
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The Los Angeles Galaxy fell to a John Terry strike in Saturday night's 1-0 World Series of Football loss to Chelsea that featured a late David Beckham cameo. Elsewhere, MLS cellar dwellers Real Salt Lake topped Everton 2-0. |
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| After the break, the attention remain focused on the man riding the pine, and perhaps that distraction confounded the Galaxy as the team failed to deal with a corner and England defender John Terry was able to lash his shot in off the far post in the 49th minute. The Galaxy would get a golden chance through Landon Donovan not long after, with substitute Quavas Kirk supplying a pinpoint cross to the star's forehead, but Donovan could do no more than put his header just wide. In 70th minute, attention drifted back to the bench, as an eager Beckham started his gradual warm-up routine and looked set to make his MLS career official. Eight minutes later, the England star would get his chance to come on, riding out the last 12 minutes of the match in midfield to push Donovan back up front. In his first touch, Becks would drift a pinpoint 60-yard ball for Kirk, and he would take another touch moments later much to the anxiety of the home fans as Chelsea midfielder Steve Sidwell collided hard on the multi-million dollar man's fit ankle. Scoring CFC - John Terry 49' Line-ups CFC - Petr Cech (Carlo Cudicini 46'); John Terry, Ricardo Carvalho, Tal Ben Haim (John Obi Mikel 46'), Paulo Ferreira (Joe Cole 46'), Florent Malouda (Glen Johnson 74'), Frank Lampard (Steve Sidwell 74'), Michael Essien, Shaun Wright-Phillips (Andriy Shevchenko 46'), Salomon Kalou (Claude Makelele 61'), Didier Drogba (Sam Hutchinson 89') LA - Joe Cannon; Ante Jazic, Ty Harden, Abel Xavier, Troy Roberts, Kyle Martino (Gavin Glinton 72'), Landon Donovan, Kelly Gray, Cobi Jones (Quavas Kirk 56'), Carlos Pavon (Peter Vagenas 61'), Alan Gordon (David Beckham 78') -------------------------- RSL TWIN STRIKES DOWN TOFFEES Real Salt Lake continued their 2007 dominance over foreign opposition with a 2-0 friendly win over Everton on Saturday night. The Utah bunch connected twice a minute part in the first half to claim the victory. The US keeper was forced to make a double save on Kyle Beckerman and Chris Wingert in the opening moments, but the hosts would get double revenge in the 28th minute. Carey Talley opened by slamming home a far post corner kick header, with Robbie Findley making good on an Andy Williams entry pass only seconds later. Second half RSL netminder Kyle Reynish was called on to stuff a close range James Beattie chance in the 52nd minute, but the Toffees would come no closer to scoring the rest of the way, including Victor Anichebe's late ignored penalty gripe. Scoring RSL - Carey Talley (Alecko Eskandarian) 28' RSL - Robbie Findley (Andy Williams) 29' Line-ups EFC - Tim Howard; Nuno Valente (Tony Hibbert 58'), Alan Stubbs (Joleon Lescott 58'), Joseph Yobo, Phil Jagielka, Leon Osman, Mikel Arteta (Anderson Silva 58'), Lee Carsley (Victor Anichebe 58'), Philip Neville, James Beattie, Andy Johnson RSL - Nick Rimando (Kyle Reynish 46'); Nikolas Besagno (Jack Stewart 46'), Daniel Torres (Ritchie Kotschau 46'), Jean Martial Kipre (Chris Lancos 46'), Chris Wingert (Willis Forko 46), Kyle Beckerman (Jamie Watson 61'), Carey Talley (Kenny Cutler 61'), Andy Williams (Atiba Harris 61'), Nathan Sturgis (Christian Jimenez 61'), Alecko Eskandarian (Dustin Kirby 66'), Robbie Findley (Kyle Brown 45') |
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