When David Beckham returns to the Galaxy this weekend he and teammate Landon Donovan will have some tension to alleviate. Donovan says he is eager to explain his criticisms of Beckham's commitment to the team that appear in a soon-to-be published book, "The Beckham Experiment."
"I don't apologize for what I said," Donovan said Thursday. "I just apologize for the way I did. I should have told him to his face. I've long told David since he's been gone and I've been gone that I want to sit down and talk with him about everything. It's fresh in everyone's minds now, and it appears like everything has gone on in a short period of time, but this has been a long time coming. The timing of it makes it a little awkward and seemingly uncomfortable, but we'll be fine. We'll get through it."
"We all like David," Donovan added. "I like David as a person and I think he's a very good player. The frustrating part was at some point something happened and he seemingly turned off at the end of the year. Nobody knows what it was, and my fault is I should have asked him and approached him and I didn't. Instead I vented to a reporter (book author Grant Wahl) and I regret it." Beckham will arrive in Southern California sometime Friday and be in attendance for Saturday's game, although he will not play.