Carolina Challenge Cup, plus Beckham saves MLS

We have two items of interest today. The first is one we missed yesterday — Soccer America’s match report from Wednesday’s victory over the Charleston Battery to clinch the Carolina Challenge Cup.

Also in today’s news, an interview with David Beckham will be broadcast on “60 Minutes” Sunday night, and mixed in with what we’re sure will be fascinating questions about Posh, his tattoos, and being perhaps the most famous athlete on Earth is this fact, as reported by The Canadian Press:

David Beckham has an option to buy an MLS franchise when his five-year Los Angeles Galaxy contract expires after the 2011 season, according to a CBS “60 Minutes” profile scheduled to air Sunday… the option was granted to the 32-year-old midfielder and his manager, Simon Fuller.

Interesting, huh? Are we talking expansion franchise or is it possible that Beckham could one day own the Galaxy itself, thereby ridding MLS of AEG except for the portion of Houston that they still own? (And to think some people scoffed when Beckham said he was coming here to benefit American soccer!)