Beckham injury woe continues
David Beckham cut a forlorn figure on the sidelines as the Los Angeles Galaxy were defeated 1-0 in New England.
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With a flare up of his troublesome left ankle injury keeping the former Real Madrid midfielder off the teamsheet, the New England Revolution took it upon themselves to entertain the sell-out crowd of 35,402. , N% B: s- ^- {$ g3 U
0 M; \! ]- Y' _$ C, r+ ~1 H3 ^) fBeckham could only watch as Taylor Twellman scored the decisive goal in the 55th minute.
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The former England captain played 21 minutes against DC United on Thursday and hoped to make it 45 minutes against the Revolution but a bad reaction from his ankle meant he could feature.
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# g2 }1 f+ Z4 [7 u5.39.217.76Galaxy's defeat leaves them with only 14 points from 15 matches and makes Beckham's chances of playing post-season with his new club distinctly remote. |