The Los Angeles Galaxy announced plans for a four-team tournament in July involving English champion Chelsea, Tigres of Mexico, Suwon Bluewings of South Korea and the MLS club.
The 2007 World Series of Football will feature doubleheaders on July 17 and July 21 at the Home Depot Center. The July 21 game between the Galaxy and Galaxy is being penciled in as English star David Beckham‘s probable debut game with the Galaxy.
No plans have been confirmed for Beckham’s MLS debut. His contract with Spanish club Real Madrid ends June 30, and he will need a break after the 2005-06 European season before joining the Galaxy for what will be a grueling second half of the MLS season, as well as the SuperLiga. Sandwiched between the World Series of Football games is the 2007 Sierra Mist MLS All-Star Game between the MLS All-Stars and Scottish champion Celtic July 19 at the Rapids’ new stadium in Commerce City, Colo. Beckham could very well make his MLS debut in that game.
“[We] want to give David time off,” Tim Leiweke, the chief executive of AEG, which owns the Galaxy, told the Los Angeles Times. “That’s really the only debate here – how long does David need to rejuvenate and rev up his engines? So I think it’s a pretty good bet that if you look at the Chelsea game, that’s the date I think even David has probably circled on his calendar.”
WORLD SERIES OF FOOTBALL:
July 17
Los Angeles Galaxy vs. Tigres
Chelsea vs. Suwon Bluewings
July 21
Suwon Bluewings vs. Tigres
Los Angeles Galaxy vs. Chelsea