Dang!! That Becks is just dreamy!!

Kristi and some of her friends were having lunch Wednesday at a nearby restaurant called Element Fresh when the waiter asked her if she wanted to enter some drawing. She was too busy talking to even ask what the prize was but she scribbled her name on a piece of paper and forgot about it. About 15 minutes later, the waiter came back to tell her that she had won and handed her four tickets to see the LA Galaxy soccer team play that night. For those who don't follow soccer (honestly, does anyone in the States follow soccer?), Galaxy is David Beckham's team. And if you aren't familiar with Becks, you probably still know his wife Victoria, a.k.a. Posh Spice, of Spice Girl fame.

Kristi, Kate, and Emily didn't have any interest in going so I got a hold of a few friends to go to the game. The Galaxy were playing an exhibition against Shanghai Hong Kong United. The game was pretty good with Galaxy finally pulling away late to win 3-0. But the most interesting part of the game was the crowd's reaction to Beckham. Everytime he got within 20 feet of the ball, the crowd would go wild. Chinese women were screaming his name and carrying around portraits hoping for an autograph. At halftime, a couple of fans even jumped the fence and ran to where the players were leaving the field just to snap a picture. I knew that he was an international star but I didn't realize that his fame reached all the way to here.

Beckham wasn't playing all-out but you can't really blame him for holding back in a game that doesn't count. But to his credit, he did play 70 minutes and made a couple of great passes.