David Beckham's Soccer USA

13 September 2007 - Continuing on Five is the magazine show that offers an inside look at Major League Soccer.

Coinciding with David Beckham's move to LA Galaxy, Soccer USA provides a comprehensive guide to football in North America, with match highlights, news, interviews and goals from the up-and-coming American league.

Each edition of Soccer USA is based at a MLS match and features guests, special reports and films bringing to life all the characters and stories of the US game.

The programme also includes 'David Beckham's Blog' – an exclusive insight into the
Beckham family's new life across the Atlantic. Tim Lovejoy hosts the show, while Natalie Pinkham reports from the States.

Soccer USA's other weekly features include interviews with other football stars who have
made the switch to the American league; a look at famous supporters of MLS teams, such as Tom Cruise and Steven Spielberg; 'WAGs USA', focusing on some of the most glamorous footballers' wives in MLS; and a tongue-in-cheek guide to American footballing terms.

David continued his positive start in the US by playing a full 90 minutes for LA Galaxy in the game against the New York Red Bulls. David set up three goals in the game despite still not having fully recovered from his ankle injury, but it was not quite enough to stop Galaxy slipping to a 5-4 defeat against the Eastern Conference side.

The Red Bulls were helped to victory by a brace from former Aston Villa striker Juan Pablo Ángel. But David and LA Galaxy can take heart from record attendance figures of 66,237 – at a stadium where New York normally attract around 11,500. Can LA bounce back to winning ways and smash a few more records in this week's game?

Executive Producer
Robert Massie

Producers
Cary Glotzer, Mark Young, Tony Colon