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. The show began following David Beckham's move to Los Angeles 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. A slightly different version of the show hosted by Natalie Pinkham and completely devoid of any content derived from British studio footage is broadcast in the USA on Fox Soccer Channel.
Several regular features aside from MLS highlights are present in every show. One of these features is a "translation" of American commentary, called "How to speak U.S. Commentator". 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.
As of the beginning of September, the show was cut to 30 minutes due to Channel 5 rescheduling their news.
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