Apparently Beckham Is Some Sort of Asshole.

David Beckham has come under attack from L.A. Galaxy team-mate Landon Donovan just as he prepares to return for action with the MLS team. In a new book due out later this month, Donovan claims Beckham has demonstrated little commitment to the Galaxy cause and has been a negative influence on the team since the ousting of former coach Ruud Gullit. "All that we care about at a minimum is that he committed himself to us," Donovan says in 'The Beckham Experiment', authored by Sports Illustrated writer Grant Wahl. "As time has gone on, that has not proven to be the case in many ways - on the field, off the field. "Maybe he's not a leader, maybe he's not a captain," he said. "Fair enough. But at a minimum, you should bust your ass every day. That hasn't happened. And I don't think that's too much for us to expect. Especially when he's brought all this on us." Beckham's first season in MLS was a largely miserable experience. He struggled with injury as an unbalanced Galaxy team struggled all year and missed out on the play-offs, with Gullit quitting before the end of the campaign. Gullit's departure, which came a little over a month after Beckham's Galaxy debut, is the moment Donovan believes the light went out for the club's marquee player. "When David first came, I believed he was committed to what he was doing," Donovan said. "He cared. He wanted to do well. He wanted the team and the league to do well. "He's not shown (he's a good team-mate)," he said. "I can't think of another guy where I'd say he wasn't a good team-mate, he didn't give everything through all this, he didn't still care. But with (Beckham), I'd say no, he wasn't committed." "Let's say he does stay here for three more years," Donovan said. "I'm not going to spend the next three years of my life doing it this way. This is f****** miserable. I don't want to have soccer be this way."

I love David Beckham and I don't know why. Maybe it's because I always thought he got the raw end of the deal and they ridiculed his every word because he was a public figure. But everytime a story comes out that isn't totally authored by him he always comes off as some sort of asshole. Make no mistake about it, there is nothing worse than to play soccer with some dude who has his head so far up his ass he doesn't even see anyone else on the field. In basketball you can pretty much freeze the guy out and football you just don't give him the ball. Baseball? Don't even get me started on my philosophy about calling baseball players true athletes. Anyway. There is something refreshing about american soccer players. There isn't this need to be politically correct like there is with every other athlete. Donovan calls it like he sees it and you gotta respect that. Like a modern day John Wayne. It takes some balls to call out a world class player like Becks. This would be the equivalent of Jabar Gaffney calling out Randy Moss when he first came to the Patriots. Landon is an undersized player who walks around with a chimp on his shoulder. You know else does? Sean Avery, Dustin Pedroia, Wes Welker, and Donny Baseball. They carry around the spirit of America inside of them. Except Sean Avery who is Canadien. Maybe it's because of the holiday but I'm really starting to hate all soccer players who are American or named Ronaldinho. Whatever. Go eat a dick. I think someone called that patriotism.