Beckham draws huge crowd in US

Hi Fans,
46754 fans, Major League Soccer's highest attendance of the season, turned out at New York's Giants Stadium on Saturday to watch New York Red Bulls play host to David Beckham's LA Galaxy. They were treated to a thrilling match from which Galaxy only just escaped with a draw, Landon Donovan salvaging a point in injury time with a cross-cum-shot that eluded everyone to end up in the net. With Red Bulls averaging crowds of 13,525, this unusually impressive turnout merely reaffirmed that the US top flight's 'Beckham experiment' has proved a notable success, with the former England captain's last visit to Giants Stadium having drawn an even larger crowd of 66,237. Average attendances are certainly at their highest level since the MLS's first season and, at a nationwide level, have even reached a level of parity with basketball's NBA and ice hockey's NHL.