Football: Beckham's facing USA hell - Marsh.LIFE in the United States will be "hell" for David Beckham, according to Rodney Marsh. Beckham is set to embark on a new stage in his career after agreeing a five-year contract with Major League Soccer team Los Angeles Galaxy The Los Angeles Galaxy are a professional football (soccer) team based in Carson, California that participates in Major League Soccer. The name "Galaxy" refers to Los Angeles being the home of many Hollywood "stars". . Marsh moved to the States in the 1970s to play for the Tampa Bay Rowdies in the North American Soccer League North American Soccer League or (NASL) was a professional soccer league with teams in the United States and Canada that operated from 1968 to 1984.[1] History , a fore-runner of MLS, and believes the huge amounts of travelling involved in playing away matches in the US will be nothing like what Beckham has been used to in England and in Spain. "David's life is going to be hell in America," Marsh said "He won't know E what's hit him. ' Every other week, you have to make a road trip for away games. That does not mean a 200-mile trip up the motorway in England or Spain. "It reguires travelling 4,000 miles to play the New England Revolution The New England Revolution, nicknamed the Revs, is a professional soccer club based in Foxborough, Massachusetts, that participates in Major League Soccer. Even though the club is based in Foxborough, the club represents all of New England. , and there tends to be a second away game on the road. "Over a four-day period, you can fly almost 9,000 miles and play twice. Do that four or five times, factoring in time changes, training and media engagements, and it becomes very wearing." CAPTION(S): US BOUND: Beckham |
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