The LA Galaxy should probably ready themselves for more of the same after their prized racehorse’s newest injury just benched him for six weeks.

David Beckham will reportedly be putting his fine English ass on the sidelines for the remainder of this soccer season, and this news comes just as he was getting into LA Galaxy fan’s good graces. After a recent collision during a Superliga final, the official diagnosis appears to be a “sprained medial collateral ligament in his right knee.” As if on cue, the talk commences: “Now this latest injury is prompting speculation about his future.” Perhaps this injury couldn’t have been avoided, but it does speak oddly of Beck’s priorities that he trotted over to Germany to play for England last week and then hopped aboard a plane for a Galaxy game less than 24 hours later. Perhaps if he hadn’t hopped into a strenuous schedule so quickly, his timing might have been different and this could be a moot issue. Then again, I don’t know crap about soccer, but I do know that the Galaxy management has engaged in some heavy-handed tactics:

When Galaxy played away to New England, supporters could only get tickets by buying a “Beckham package” which included three other matches or attending in a large group – only to discover that Beckham was not going to play.

And now this. Last night’s clash with Salazar saw Beckham remain face down on the grass for a few seconds before limping to the sidelines.

He made his way to a wall on the sideline, bent over and held on to it before a Galaxy staff member arrived to help him to the bench.

This much is bloody obvious – the guy needs to take some time off and fully recover. It probably doesn’t help his stress level much that Victoria Beckham continues her crusade to become the toast of LA – even after her television special was drubbed as “an orgy of self-indulgence.”