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On September 27th the Los Angeles Galaxy will travel to Kansas City to take on the Wizards. In anticipation of David Beckham’s first appearance in the city more than 25,000 tickets have already been sold, an the game surely would have shattered Kansas City’s all time single game attendance record of 30,308. Then Beckham hurt his knee and now Kansas City residents are stuck with a bunch of unwanted soccer tickets.

The Wizards don’t refund tickets, according to Wizards director of communications Rob Thomson.

“There’s always a certain amount of risk that a player will get hurt and not show up,” Thomson said. “It’s really no different than if you were buying a ticket to go see Barry Bonds. He could get hurt and not play. That’s the risk.”

But don’t worry, Thompson wants you to know the game will still be fun.

“We’ve got the band Liverpool, a Beatles cover band, playing in the concourse before the game,” Thomson said, “and we’ll have basically a street festival going on outside Arrowhead with all kinds of vendors. It’s still going to be a party.”

I can’t believe they got a Beatles cover band for Beckam’s first visit. I’m trying to think of something more cliched, but I just can’t do it. Maybe if China hired a John Mellancamp cover band to perform during a visit from the U.S. Basketball Team.

Getting back to the game, the truth is that this could be a good thing for the Wizards. Maybe just a few of those 25,000 people will go to the game, and because they will be free from Beckam’s captivating good looks, they’ll realize that soccer in an extremely entertaining sport to watch live.

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