New York, July 15-16, 2009 – David Beckham made his annual summer New York area appearance with the L.A. Galaxy, and handily trounced the New York Red Bulls 3-1 in Thursday’s soccer match. 

As a quasi-ambassador for Major League Soccer, Becks also held press conferences before and after the match.  At one on Wednesday at the W Hotel in Hoboken, NJ, Beckham was visibly freezing from the air conditioning – something he should get used to if he wants to stay in America, which he says he decidedly does, despite having spent the last six months playing for Italy’s AC Milan club.  He said his family is happy in L.A., and he’d like to stay there.  “My family is happy. We don't like moving around, we don't like unsettling the kids and that for us is the most important thing,” Beckham said.

About the fact that many fewer fans came to Giants Stadium to see him play this year - just 23,000, about half the number that turned out last year, and a third of those in the stands in 2007 - Becks acknowledged that people might be losing interest in him, but he also noted the economy.  “We're in a recession. Maybe that's part of it."