A slew of impressive goals on this day, Wednesday August 15th, but none will resonate quite like this one.

He came. He saw. He sat on the bench. Then he played for 20 minutes and sat on the bench some more. Then, finally, upon his first start for the Los Angeles Galaxy, David Beckham put one in the back of the net. And it was in signature fashion.

In the 27th minute of LA's North American Superliga match against fellow MLS side DC United, Beckham tees up a free kick and, wouldn't you know, that sucker had some bend on it.

I've never been one to believe that athletes owe the fans anything outright other than an honest effort. Even if he's getting a bazillion dollars a year, like Beckham, and fans are paying through the nose to see him, he's under no obligation to risk aggrevating his injury. So for anyone out there who is tired of hearing ill-informed skeptics criticize Beckham for his lack of playing time since arriving in the States, you finally have something to retaliate with. Your position might sound something like this: "See, if he rushed back to play, he wouldn't have been able to score a cracker like that!"

Equal parts clinical and dazzling, the All-World team assembled by Argentina for this summer's Copa America is nothing short of impressive. Witness their 2nd-half dismantling of Peru in yesterday's quarterfinals, buoyed by goals from international superstars Lionel Messi, Javier Mashcherano, and a pair from Juan Riquelme. In this tournament, these are the levels of praise in ascending order: there is class, there is world class, and then there is Argentina.

If enjoying a treat like this isn't enough, perhaps you'd finally like to resolve that mystery that's been hanging over your head all these years: What would it be like to hear a South African announce team call the South American championships? Well, here's your chance to find out. The world really is watching.

Some people might say a rivalry is not a rivalry if one team wins all the time. Those people will always be right. However, there is no denying that there is an extra level of intensity, of venom, of desire when the US and Mexico hook up on the soccer pitch. It's a battle, both chippy and brutal.

Yesterday, a spectacular goal from 22-year-old Benny Feilhaber, in only his eighth appearance with the National Team, crushed Mexican hearts once again, as the United States lifted the Gold Cup as champions of CONCACAF (Confederation of North and Central American and Carribean Football). There are few things sweeter in sports than a cracking volley off a corner kick.

This latest defeat in Chicago furthers Mexico's ineptitude in the States, leaving "El Tri" winless on America soil since 2000. That's bragging rights, right there, and another feather in the Americans' cap when it comes to dominance within the region.