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Tuesday, 3 July 2007

Sydney FC and Beckham live on Channel Ten

LA Galaxy to Face Sydney FC at Telstra Stadium

Football Federation Australia (FFA) today announced that the US Major League Soccer (MLS) Team LA Galaxy will play a one-off match against the Hyundai A-League's Sydney FC in Australia later this year.

“It is my pleasure to announce that Football Federation Australia has negotiated for the LA Galaxy, including their new star recruit David Beckham, to play a one-off match against Sydney FC at Telstra Stadium (Sydney) on Tuesday the 27th of November,” said FFA Chief Executive Officer Ben Buckley.

“This historic event will be Beckham’s first appearance outside of North America for LA Galaxy, and his first visit to Australia.

“I am also very pleased to announce that Network Ten will broadcast this major event live nationally in a three hour special presentation.


Comment:
Great to see the game live on Free To Air.

Also interesting the channel which picked it up. The one with the highest profile in the 15-30 age group.

We live in interesting times for football in Australia.

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