European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 7, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Stars and stripes saturday april 72007 sports dry conditions Low temperature equal High scores in masters Page 38 2007 mls preview on Beckham league looking for foothold among american audience with English Star changes by Joseph White the associated press Over the years major league soccer has tried various ploys gimmicks and Clever ideas to get americans More interested in its product some have worked very Well others have been downright flops it took two words to Trump them All David Beckham Welcome Back from wonderland if you Haven heard that Becks and posh English megastar Beckham and his a spice girl wife arrive on these shores in july the player who inspired the movie Bend it like Beckham May not be the Center of the universe Al though some fans think he but he has certainly trans i formed the in the los Angeles Galaxy the i team he will play for let me put it this Way Galaxy general manager Alexi Lalas said the past couple of months have been unlike anything our organization and to be honest with you our league and our sport has Ever experienced incredible challenges but All positive its been nuts Lalas said wednesday that the Galaxy have More than doubled their ticket Revenue from this time last year and get this people have been travelling to the Home depot Center just to have their picture taken s in front of the stadium where Beckham will play if s Safe to say that never happened at Frk stadium with Freddy Adu were dealing obviously with Security issues with press that didst give us the time of Day before Lalas said alter native press that s not necessarily sport oriented is inter ested now and not just in David Beckham but in our team the International fan mail that we get has been phenomenal All this for a player who Wim miss the first three months of the season opening Day is sat urday but Beckham must first Complete his contract with Spanish club real Madrid and take a vacation to i if it see Beckham on Page 37 5 input Kentucky hires Texas coach Gillispie Page 027664 ii11 ill 463149