The Galaxy arrived in Montreal today in advance of tomorrow’s Major League Soccer game against the expansion Montreal Impact. Beckham, always a media magnet, was asked by a Montreal media member how it felt to come to a hockey town and try to convert fans to soccer. Beckham answered, “I think we’re the hockey town at the moment.”
Ouch.
After some laughter, from Beckham and the media, here’s what Beckham followed with: “Sorry, I don’t want to offend anyone, but… Yeah, it’s great. It’s exciting in L.A. at the moment, with the Kings. They’re playing so well and doing so well, and it’s exciting. Obviously, I know Montreal is a big hockey town as well. I don’t want to say too much more. But it’s exciting to come here as a soccer player.”
love it
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16,005 Reply:
May 11th, 2012 at 2:19 pm
@ForeCzech,
Worth 50 million just there!
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luc20rules Reply:
May 11th, 2012 at 8:16 pm
@16,005, And people say AEG spends way too much on the Galaxy. Beckham brought in to raise hockey awareness?
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InTheCrease Reply:
May 11th, 2012 at 8:45 pm
Priceless. LA Kings are the talk of the town…
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dduffy Reply:
May 11th, 2012 at 2:23 pm
@ForeCzech,
WOW Awesome!
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alex11 Reply:
May 11th, 2012 at 2:34 pm
@ForeCzech, that is SO SICK
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Shuchuk Reply:
May 11th, 2012 at 2:41 pm
@alex11, wow, I’m not a fan of Beckham’s but I do appreciate him sticking up for L.A. and referring to it as “our city”. in a related note, I just decided that I’m going to my first Galaxy game this season.
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Bry Bry Reply:
May 11th, 2012 at 3:42 pm
@Shuchuk, definitely go, they’re just as fun and exciting as kings games especially if you sit in the endline where ACB (thats one of the many supporter groups) sit and take part in their chants. Its very unfortunate that they’re havin that title hangover and starting slow this season but if you do go, lets hope they get the W
Mrhapa Reply:
May 11th, 2012 at 3:18 pm
@ForeCzech,
Bazinga!!!!!
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KINGCANADA88 Reply:
May 11th, 2012 at 3:28 pm
@ForeCzech, Love it!!! +2
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BakoCAkingsCondorsGuy Reply:
May 11th, 2012 at 3:31 pm
@ForeCzech,
Add the Kobe video of the possibly-soon-eliminated Lakers…
Los Angeles is a hockey town, without question.
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alex11 Reply:
May 11th, 2012 at 4:22 pm
@BakoCAkingsCondorsGuy, kings and galaxy fans unite! such a beautiful thing for him to say about us. Bringing media to the Kings. Wonderful
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Excellent!!!
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That’s awesome…
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Stuart Reply:
May 11th, 2012 at 2:09 pm
@lowegirl, my thoughts EXACTLY!!!
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Forum to Staples Fan Reply:
May 11th, 2012 at 2:09 pm
@lowegirl, +1
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Boom!
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Duncanz Reply:
May 11th, 2012 at 2:12 pm
@Jsauce23, Jeez ..
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Beckham shoots, he scores.
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How awesome was that. Loving Beckham now.
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Q: Who are the Montreal Habs playing against during the NHL Conference Finals?
A: Tiger Woods.
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the dash Reply:
May 11th, 2012 at 3:31 pm
@Gustavo,
#boom.
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JQ is better than you Reply:
May 12th, 2012 at 1:11 am
@Gustavo, And boom goes the dynamite!
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He just made another 5 milli for that.
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BrokeKingsFan Reply:
May 11th, 2012 at 2:13 pm
@hip hop anonymous, LOL…..I wouldnt doubt it!
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Blake Reply:
May 11th, 2012 at 3:31 pm
@hip hop anonymous, Nice name from tfotc
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Thats right Becks!! Spoken like a true Los Angelinos (from England of course)
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Duncanz Reply:
May 11th, 2012 at 2:14 pm
@BrokeKingsFan, Ha ha, not spoken like a true Angeleno …
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Stuart Reply:
May 11th, 2012 at 2:16 pm
@Duncanz, like a true Los Anglicano?
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BrokeKingsFan Reply:
May 11th, 2012 at 2:17 pm
@Duncanz, OK…I stand corrected! I should read my posts before clicking submit. At least you got it though…right?
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Duncanz Reply:
May 11th, 2012 at 2:20 pm
@BrokeKingsFan, It’s ok, you probably didn’t know that I’m a Pahrumpepino!
BrokeKingsFan Reply:
May 11th, 2012 at 2:35 pm
@Duncanz, “Pahrumpepino” Sounds like something i would put on a pizza! or stuff with cheese and wrap in bacon
Reporter tried the Jedi mind trick and failed.
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Hee Hee!
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All of a sudden I’m interested in the Galaxy, just for that quote. Outstanding!
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YESSS!!!!! AND IT COUNTS!!!!!!!!
GO KINGS GO!!!!!
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Stuart Reply:
May 11th, 2012 at 2:17 pm
@mash-ola, hey, I used the wigwearing back biter in an earlier thread today, too… Marv’s coming up around these parts! LOL
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mash-ola Reply:
May 11th, 2012 at 2:29 pm
@Stuart, !!!
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HAHAHA YESSSS!!!! I love Becks!!!!
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The ‘Wayne Gretzky’ of the MLS would be expected to know a lot about these sort of things …
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Can Beckham get us the Game 3 and Game 4 schedules please? And a strawberry fruit smoothie from Burger King?
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Duncanz Reply:
May 11th, 2012 at 2:23 pm
@DesertKing,
Could I ‘av one of them new Strawberry Fruit Smoovies ……. Dessert?
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DesertKing Reply:
May 11th, 2012 at 2:29 pm
@Duncanz,
Get out of here Becks and go hit on those girls over at Del Taco you perve. And yes, you are in the new hockeytown, GO KINGS GO!!!
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mash-ola Reply:
May 11th, 2012 at 2:31 pm
@DesertKing, That’s ” A Strow burry, Buh Nah Nuh smoothie” to you, bloke!
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BrokeKingsFan Reply:
May 11th, 2012 at 2:37 pm
@mash-ola, LOL…Dude im crying right now im laughing so hard! “A Strow burry, Buh Nah Nuh smoothie”….thats friggin classic!
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DesertKing Reply:
May 11th, 2012 at 2:40 pm
@mash-ola,
GKG!! Wait, can you kinda flick your hair back like he does and get your eyes to twinkle. Wow, Sunday at 5pm cannot get here soon enough.
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From now on, to me he will always be know as David “The Quote” Beckham!!! Rock on Man!!!
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Duncanz Reply:
May 11th, 2012 at 2:24 pm
@Hockey “G”, Spicey
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So how long before the Kings put out a statement apologizing for that?
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JQ is better than you Reply:
May 12th, 2012 at 1:14 am
@Trevs, Ouch too soon man too soon. Btw I hope the kings didnt fire that guy. Cuz 99% of hockey fans agreed with him.
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Ohhhhhh! Burn!
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….way to bend it Becks….
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Love you, Becks! Because of that incredibly awesome quote, you, Posh, and the kids are invited for dinner. Whenever you want.
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Atta boy beks!
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Video of the quote: http://watch.tsn.ca/soccer/clip677263#clip677263
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Haha! Nice one!
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He can be smoove with the press in Montreal, but wait till he gets into Victoria.
By the way, Happy Mothers Day, all you mothers!
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King Charles of Salt Lake Reply:
May 11th, 2012 at 3:47 pm
@Duncanz, Dude I need you e mail are you going to the game. Please answer without a riddle, they are to hard for me to figure out.
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Paul Armbruster (KingsNewsDaily.com) Reply:
May 11th, 2012 at 3:54 pm
@King Charles of Salt Lake,
Good luck. Duncanz is a riddle wrapped in an enigma.
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Stuart Reply:
May 11th, 2012 at 3:57 pm
@Paul Armbruster (KingsNewsDaily.com), stuffed with cheese AND THEN wrapped in bacon, too…
BrokeKingsFan Reply:
May 11th, 2012 at 4:05 pm
@Stuart, thats right! Because he’s a “Pahrumpepino”….(please see my reply to him above if you havnt already..im assuming you did otherwise this is a serious coincidence)
DodgersKingsoftheGalaxy Reply:
May 11th, 2012 at 4:07 pm
@Paul Armbruster (KingsNewsDaily.com), wrapped inside pandora’s box wrapped in a pretzel
Duncanz Reply:
May 11th, 2012 at 11:03 pm
@King Chuck of Wood Lake,
Q: What do you get when you cross Little Joe’s dad with a Kings ginger D man and the shirt off VV’s back?
A: greenelawn26@gmail.com
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Beckham just became my favorite soccer player!
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Montreal just got b!tch slapped by Becks..nice. Go Kings and hope to spot you in Phoenix Rich, I’m going to game 2 and can’t wait to BLACKOUT Jobing.com.
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Love it! Becks just kicked Montreal straight in the bollocks!!!
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YES! awesome!
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Boom Headshot!
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Here it is live: http://tsn.ca/soccer/
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With a comment like that, I’m almost convinced that Beckham is running the Kings’ twitter feed.
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Great quote Becks!
If anyone hasn’t sen Beckham play soccer, get out to a game before he retires. He’s one of the best. Extremely hard working and very clever player. Great passer. I went out two year ago and Becks was the hardest working player and set up 6-8 good chances for his teammates. They only scored 1 but Becks was great.
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BrokeKingsFan Reply:
May 11th, 2012 at 4:08 pm
@vicarious, Been watching the guy since his Man U days! Even today there isnt a footballer around who could hold a candle to his crosses. Pinpoint!
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Duncanz Reply:
May 11th, 2012 at 11:09 pm
@BrokeKingsFan, Up the Toffees!
(taste great in bacon … just made that up)
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Becks goes to a few Kings games, good to see him there.
I’m sure it reminds him of 5 on 5 soccer in the gym, which is what we played as a kid if it was snowing so hard you could not see one goal from the other.
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I have to say it…because he’s in Montreal…exorcise the ghosts once again…”Bend it Like McSorley’s Stick.”
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Duncanz Reply:
May 11th, 2012 at 10:58 pm
@Mel Powell, heh heh!
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Scraatch!!!
In YO Fayyce !!
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that’s one way to promote an expansion soccer team in Montreal… harp on the Habs’ absence from the playoffs… an arena full of people booing Becks is still a full arena… ah… marketing
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If only he has said it in French!!!
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NOT a soccer fan…..at all, but that was a great zing by Beckham!!!
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King Charles of Salt Lake Reply:
May 11th, 2012 at 3:42 pm
@Shotongoal, I take it your going to PHX for the games out there? Hope you have a great time. Me and the wife are going “fist a cuffs” on if I should go or not!! We have an agreement that if the Kings happen to go to game 6 or 7 then I can go. If the Kings win in 4 or 5 then a CUP final game for sure. Just wanted to touch base with you and let you know that we will be well represented with you in the crowd. I know how long you have been a Die Hard guy and I can’t think of a nicer “man in Blue” who deserves to see the Kings roll. Either / or I’ll be seeing you soon. Also I have never gotten your E mail so if you could I’d like to have it. Again Have a great time and May the Kingdom Stand proud!!!
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I don’t know who this guy is, but I love it. I guess I should start watching soccer a little more.
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ILLEGALSTICK33 Reply:
May 11th, 2012 at 3:35 pm
@JFont, Never heard of Becks? What planet are you from?
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BOOM from Beckham
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Pwned Montreal!! haha Gotta love Becks’ one liners
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I guess I’m going to have to go buy 5 more pairs of his underware from H&M
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Well played my man Beckham.
He could fit right in here with no problem.
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Well played Becks, well played. It’s so f’ing great to see the Kings being the toast of the town. I don’t care who jumps on the bandwagon. I will and have been pulling for these guys my entire life. The future looks bright, and hopefully some silver in a few weeks will make it even BRIGHTER!! GO KINGS GO!!!!!
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SWEETNESS! !!
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Beckham is no bandwagoner. we see him at the game all the time with his kids. +1 for making a statement in MTL!!!
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You gotta love him, both a Manchester United and LA Kings fan. Just like me.
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