David Beckham's Soccer USA

David Beckham's Soccer USA
Starring	Tim Lovejoy
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
Production
Running time	45-60 minutes
Original release
Network	Five
Release	2007

David Beckham's Soccer USA is a football highlights and general discussion show presented by Tim Lovejoy and produced and broadcast in the UK by Five. It is also broadcast in the USA. The show began following David Beckham's move to L.A. Galaxy, and Beckham often contributes to the show in the form of Interviews. Each week there is a special guest in the studio, usually a British sports personality, to whom Lovejoy chats about their career and their views on Major League Soccer.

Several regular features aside from MLS highlights are present in every show. One of these features is a "translation" of american commentary. This provides a definition of slang used by commentators which differs from that used in Britain. Viewers are also invited to choose an MLS team to support and email their choice to the show, from which polls are collected, determining the nation's favourite teams.

Running Gags

The show is presented in a light-hearted manner and contains a variety of running gags which run over several weeks, such as:

1. At the beginning of each show, Lovejoy introduces himself as a Chelsea and Kansas Wizards fan, after which he says 'Go Wizards'. A silver curving flash then appears across the screen and the presenter moves his hand in the direction of the flash as it moves across the screen. The flash and Lovejoy's hand are almost never co-ordinated, adding a comic element.

2. Many of the guests have referred to Scottish player, Paul Dalglish, who plays for Houston Dynamo, which has lead Lovejoy to suggest the title of the programme is changed to 'Paul Dalglish's Soccer USA'.

3. Lovejoy sometimes gives an update on one of the MLS clubs, and calls it, for example, 'Houston Update' or 'New England Update'. After he is finished, he then goes on to the 'Dallas update', and talks not about FC Dallas, the MLS team, but the hit TV show Dallas.

4. Lovejoy will often comment on and show a clip of player Logan Pause followed by Tim pretending to of been paused by standing very still for around 5 seconds.