Tomorrow marks the departure of David Beckham, the face of Major League Soccer, from the Los Angeles Galaxy after spending nearly six years with the MLS.

Beckham has so far kept quiet about his plans after leaving the Galaxy following Saturday’s MLS Cup finals, but that hasn’t kept people from speculating as to where Beckham will end up next. Reports indicate that AS Monaco could be interested in making a bid around the upcoming January transfer window.

Although Beckham has yet to decide where he’ll likely finish up his soccer career, he tells Fox Sports that all of the talk about Monaco’s interest is “flattering,” as are all of the other offers he’s received.

“I heard about Monaco on the way to training this morning from a friend in London who said ‘I hear you are going to Monaco’. That was the first I’d heard of that,” said Beckham. “I’ve got some interesting and exciting options on the table.

“I am very flattered by some of the options that I’ve got. I still feel I can play and I’m not considering retiring. I’ve still got managers like Carlo Ancelotti and Harry Redknapp and Sam Allardyce coming out that are saying they’d love me to play and they know how professional I am, it means a lot to me.”

Monaco isn’t the only club looking to nab Beckham. Top clubs from Australia, Brazil, Russia, China, and France are all said to be interested in offering Beckham contracts of their own.

“I’ve always said I think I would struggle to come back and play in England because I’ve played for the biggest club in the world, the biggest club in England, Manchester United, and I couldn’t see myself playing for any other Premiership team,” Beckham added.

“But you never know. Like I said, we’ve got some exciting options on the table. I do think we’ll be spending a little more time in England because it’s good for the kids to see their grandparents.”

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David Beckham is set to play his final game for the Los Angeles Galaxy, and it couldn’t be a bigger one.

Beckham announced that he will be leaving the team after next month’s MLS Cup, letting the public know of his decision one day after the team advanced to its second straight league championship game.

As The Associated Press noted, the 37-year-old David Beckham isn’t retiring, but hasn’t announced his next move yet.

“I’ve had an incredibly special time playing for the L.A. Galaxy,” Beckham said in a statement. “However, I wanted to experience one last challenge before the end of my playing career. I don’t see this as the end of my relationship with the league, as my ambition is to be part of the ownership structure in the future.”

David Beckham has spent six seasons with the LA Galaxy after his shocking departure from Real Madrid. In that time the team has advanced to three league finals and won the MLS title last year.

“In my time here I have seen the popularity of the game grow every year,” Beckham said. “I’ve been fortunate to win trophies, but more important to me has been the fantastic reception I’ve had from fans in L.A. and across the States. Soccer’s potential has no limits in this wonderful country, and I want to always be part of growing it.”

“Seldom does an athlete redefine a sport,” said Tim Leiweke, the president of Galaxy owners AEG. “David not only took our franchise to another level, but he took our sport to another level It has been an honor and privilege to be a part of his world, and more importantly, to have him be a part of ours.”

David Beckham could be winding down to the end of his career. This summer he was cut from England’s Olympic soccer team, despite being the face of England soccer since London won was awarded an Olympic bid in 2005.

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Landon Donovan, one of the most famous faces in US soccer, has revealed he is considering quitting the sport to travel the world.

The forward, who is currently playing for the LA Galaxy but has also spent spells in England with Everton, told Sports Illustrated‘s Grant Wahl:

“Right now, I need time to think and that is impossible to achieve while I am playing. I need to determine if I want to play, and if the answer is yes, I need to work out where and for how long. I plan to spend a lot of time traveling to distant places, alone. I am not sure where. I want to take time to have some freedom and not worry about my next game or being fit. It may take me two weeks, two months or a year.”

The 30-year-old striker, who has a whopping 144 caps for the United States, has been invited to play for Everton again this season, an option he has not ruled out:

“Everton was a fling that grew into a full-blown affair. I do think about them because they really stole my heart when I walked into Goodison Park. Everyone was so unbelievably welcoming, from Mr Moyes to the tea lady. I have such affection for the club.”

In the interview, Landon Donovan admitted motivation has proven a problem for him throughout his soccer career and that he had constantly pondered his will to continue. He also mentioned how much he missed his family:

“I’ve struggled with motivation at many points in my career. I’ve had times where it all came easily but there have been stretches where I have questioned it. I have some selfish things I need to do, and I have some things to work out. While most soccer fans think a player’s life is easy as we just seem to play soccer all the time, they don’t see how many milestones I have missed with my family.

“My family want me to either play and be happy or else to have their son and brother back.”

While the likes of David Beckham may carry more brand power, Landon Donovan is probably the most famous American soccer star across the globe. Here’s one of his most memorable goals for the US team, a winning goal in the dying minutes of a 2010 World Cup group game against a stubborn Algeria:

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Soccer fans in England can be a rowdy bunch, especially when their favorite football teams are winning, losing or in a tie, but hand it to some rowdy American’s to upstage even the craziest antics of European football.

Galaxy star David Beckham was caught off guard when he saw a fan with a chainsaw, noting:

“That’s one I’ve never seen before.”

The Galaxy (12-2-9) visited Jeld-Wen Field on Wednesday night to take on the Portland Timbers (6-10-4) and not only was the crowd acting rowdy, the team had a lumberjack who would cut off large slabs of wood when the Timbers scored a goal or won the game.

Beckham continued:

“This is what you want to play in front of,” adding, “You want to play in front of fans like this that are passionate about the sport, about the game and their own team — and, hopefully, it’ll give us an extra lift.”

According to ESPN:

The addition of these teams, especially in the Pacific Northwest, has brought a different flavor to America’s top soccer league, new traditions and demographics — and it’s not something new up here. The Timbers date to 1975, in the old North American Soccer League, and the current franchise was restored a decade ago, playing its trade before the Timbers Army in second-tier leagues before arriving in MLS with a distinct culture, built-in rivalries (none more heated than that with the Seattle Sounders) and the backing of a city that has little in the way of big-time pro sports.

Apparently the team is very successful with a waiting list of 2,000 people to attend games.

The Galaxy’s left back Todd Dunivant says of the Timbers fans:

“They’re always loud, always going crazy,” and  “They’re screaming at you when you get off the bus. You know you’re in a hostile place. … Those are the games you want to play in. That’s how the level’s going to be raised throughout the league. If you have fans seeing this, it forces everyone else to kind of step up their game a little bit.”

Chainsaws, rowdy fans, if you can’t make it to Europe for a Manchester United game the Timbers might be your best chance at experiencing the passion of soccer fans without leaving the country.

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