Cobi Jones announced yesterday that he was planning to retire at the end of the 2007 season. He will be missed - he has contributed so much to this countries national team and to MLS. I admittedly was not a huge Cobi fan, but he won me over a couple years ago with his great national team game versus Mexico when he came in as a sub. I can still see him getting fouled earning that red card for the Mexican captain. Well done!
That said - there are different accounts to the importance of David Beckham joining the Galaxy.
According to ESPN, Cobi planned to retire before the 2007 season -- but when the Los Angeles Galaxy signed David Beckham, he decided to play another year. When Jones originally let his intentions be known to Tim Leiweke, president and chief executive officer of Galaxy owner AEG, Leiweke interrupted him to say Beckham might be joining the Galaxy. "
MLS website sings a different toon - Jones insists that returning for another season wasn't really a close decision at all. He also insists that the offseason signing of David Beckham had absolutely no influence over his decision either. That's not to say that he isn't excited at the prospect of lining up alongside the former England captain.
Either way hopefully Cobi will enjoy playing with Beckham and have a good last run. He deserves it!
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