Beckham's Freak Injury; Who's At Fault?

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The pressure on David Beckham and his Los Angeles Galaxy teammates has been huge and unbearable. The fan fare that has been brought to the organization has brought in the "big" money, but at what expense to next season?

The LA Galaxy is not playing as a team and is being challenged with just focusing on the game. There's a lot of talent on the team, but the passion to win doesn't appear consistent and players' heavy reliance on a few stars has ended up weakening the team.

Who's to blame?
Let's not blame David Beckham for anything either. Yes, he knows how to market himself but he came here with good intentions to raise the awareness of the MLS, play soccer and build a soccer transition program for youth moving from U17 through college and into MLS contention.

The greed from the Galaxy organization to force him to play has backfired for the player and team. Now, David is out for close to the rest of the season. I don't know who made the call, but I hope someone learned something.

BTW, those who say Beckham is weak and that he's getting paid enough to take the pain, obviously have never played soccer with an ankle or knee injury. I'd suggest they try it and do it for 45 minutes at a time.