David Beckham Plays Soccer?

I’m a little freaked out here, but apparently David Beckham plays soccer.  I know, I know, I thought he was just a fashion model, but the above photos show him with soccer equipment.  And this article right here says he plays professionally:

David Beckham joined his Galaxy teammates in Hawaii for the first Pan-Pacific Soccer Championship.  Becks looks pretty happy to be back on the field.

“It’s my first time in Hawaii, so I’m looking forward to looking around and seeing the beaches and seeing everything that’s beautiful here.”

Yeah, that definitely sounds like he’s excited to be back on the field.  What with all those mentions of playing soccer and what not.  I had to check for myself, so I caught up with “Becks” at a Galaxy practice, where he was washing his car in the parking lot.

ME: So, David, you excited to get back to playing?

BECKHAM:  Playing what?

ME: Soccer.

BECKHAM:  Soccer?  What’s that?

ME: Oh, that’s right, you guys call it football.

BECKHAM:  Football?  What’s that?

ME: Um, the sport you used to play that made you famous?  The sport that the team you’re on is practicing right there?

(I point to the field where the Galaxy practice, Beckham looks in that direction, perplexed.  Daft Punk blares out of his H2)

BECKHAM:  Oh, right, soccer.  Yeah, I play that sometimes.  Hey, do you know a good place where I can get a pedicure?  I’m all ashy right now.

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