We haven’t heard much over the past couple of months about David Beckham X AC Milan with the Los Angeles Galaxy sitting atop the Western Conference.  But with the off season approaching quickly and the type of quick fire questions from the world media that AEG Chief Executive Tim Leiweke should expect to face, one starts to wonder how this will all play out with the World Cup just around the corner and Fabio Capello’s insistance on his squad members playing regularly / at the highest level.

Who better than Mr. Leiweke to explain his stance the second time around….

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Today Robin Abcarian and Grahame L. Jones of the LA Times wrote a piece on DBs stay in LA. They did a pretty good job of capturing both sides of the story. Becks hasn’t necessarily been getting killed in the press, but most of the stuff I have been reading seems as if the writers are getting caught up with anger at the guy for bailing on US Soccer. Thats not what happened. Here are a few excerpts from the article and a link to the full text after the jump

from the LA Times:

David and Victoria Beckham touched down in Los Angeles two years ago like celebrity meteors, sparking showers of attention and speculation about which restaurants they would favor, which A-listers they would befriend and what Victoria would do with herself. (more…)

“According to SkySport24, the lawyers of David Beckham and LA Galaxy have found an agreement on the terms for the termination of his American contract. Now it’s up to Milan to make a deal with the player.”

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…Is what the News of the World (UK) is reporting the LA Galaxy are asking of AC Milan for the services of David Beckham, otherwise AEG expects Becks back in LA.

Choice quotes from Tim Leiweke after the jump.

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On behalf of the players, assistant coaches and staff of the Houston Dynamo I would like to thank you for your support during Thursday’s press conference, which was hosted by the East End Chamber of Commerce, the East End Management District, the East Downtown Management District, the Houston Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and the Camara de Empresarios Latinos de Houston. These local groups are all stakeholders in the East End and are 100% supportive of the stadium plan. Your signatures on the petition (which are being deliverd to elected officials today) to build a new stadium in the East End will surely go a long way in making our dream a reality.

This, however, is only the beginning…

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Dynamo fans plan to gather at the proposed stadium site this morning at 10am (corner of Dowling and Rusk) for a news conference planned by the Houston East End Chamber of Commerce, the Houston Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and two other organizations. The project’s supporters also were circulating an online petition directed at swaying Commissioners Court.

“I will keep listening until I hear from the taxpayers that this is something they really want us to do,” Commissioner Sylvia Garcia said. “I’m going to keep doing my due diligence … to assess what’s best for the county post-Ike and in today’s current economic climate.”

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Things are heating up…

Houston Mayor White is asking Harris County to pitch in $10 million dollars to help drive a Dynamo stadium proposal as part of an economic stimulus package for the eastern part of downtown H-town. This article includes an interesting video. Dynamo CEO Oliver Luck describes the negotiations as “very positive. A lot of different pieces are falling into place.”

Who will be the person responsible for officially bringing this issue up at the Harris County Board of Commissioners upcoming meeting? Harris County Commissioner, Sylvia Garcia. She and the Houston Dynamo have a bit of history…

Not much new on the idea of the Dynamo sharing the stadium with TSU Football. The University of Houston is loving the rent they’re receiving from AEG, and now UH wants the Dynamo to stay permanently at Robertson Stadium. This seems doubtful at this stage of the game…

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Tim Leiweke, president and CEO of Anschutz Entertainment Group, which owns the sport of soccer in the US the LA Galaxy, made an unannounced visit to the team’s locker room this past week and issued a grim ultimatum: Get things on the right track in the next two weeks or there will be dire consequences.