You probably didn’t know it, but MLS played their championship game last night. In an anticlimactic finish, Real Salt Lake defeated the L.A. Galaxy on penalty kicks. RSL won both the semifinal and final on penalty kicks and had finished the regular season with 11 wins, 12 losses, and seven draws.
The result also meant the last of David Beckham in America — at least until next season. The English midfielder had an assist and also scored on his penalty kick in the shootout. Landon Donovan tallied once during the game but failed to convert his penalty kick which doomed the Galaxy. Beckham will now take four weeks off before he goes on loan to AC Milan. But Beckham thinks he’ll be back according to the Seattle Times:
David Beckham promised he will be indeed be back in MLS next season – and that he will eventually exercise his option to own one of the league’s teams.
“Of course,” he said of returning in 2010, after his limped through the Los Angeles Galaxy’s upset loss to Real Salt Lake in the league’s championship match. “I’ve said I’ll be back, and I will.”
Beckham will finish out the season in Italy as he gets in shape for the World Cup this summer. There’s no word on whether or not he’ll sport an improved haircut when he reports to Milan on December 28th.
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