Going to be interesting to see how he copes with the high tempo footy of the MLS, and even worse for him, the soaring heat he'll be playing some games in.
People still have this impression that it is a retirement league that Beckham was able to play in until about 38.
What few people outside of the US realize is how Beckham really had to work to make sure he could hack it and stand out because the pace of the league is similar to the Prem. What they lack in skill in some MLS teams they definitely make up for in athleticism and the game is played at a high pace and usually in quite high temperatures.
I don't understand why they feel they have to play at that pace, it even happens in the amateur levels here in Canada. I don't get it when you have to deal with that heat and humidity in most places. There's a reason the South Americans play a slower game and only turn the pace on to quickly beat a man rather than playing the whole match like that.
Lampard and Gerrard were quickly found out and roundly jibbed off when they were seen not to be up to the pace of it, Pirlo was the same as well.
