David Beckham on Track for Football Greatness

Fabio Capello today announced his second England squad and the most notable inclusion was David Beckham. Many had predicted the new national coach would wield the ax on the career of English football's most influential player of the last decade. Capello's assistant, Franco Baldini was in Dallas at the weekend to assess the fitness of Beckham, and by all accounts the new regime will not select players on reputation alone, but only on their current fitness and form. The myth that the MLS is a retirement home for aging superstars, no longer capable of competing at the highest level must surely now be laid to rest. The truth is the U.S.A is a popular and emerging sporting hotbed, and football is the largest and fastest-emerging sport, and they also have the best man they could possibly want spreading that message across the world. Steve Mclaren's disastrous reign was doomed to failure the moment he omitted Beckham from the Euro 2008 qualifying campaign. England lacked the ... [link]