The Los Angeles Galaxy had an easy time defeating the New York Red Bulls 3-1 at Giants Stadium on Thursday night.

The match was David Beckham’s long awaited return to Major League Soccer but it was Alecko Eskandarian, Landon Donovan and Eddie Lewis who did the scoring.  The visitors got  to work early with Eskandarian knocking in the opener 3 minutes into the match.

Los Angeles Galaxy (6-3-9) vs. New York Red Bulls (2-14-4)
July 16, 2009 -- Giants Stadium

Scoring Summary:
LA -- Alecko Eskandarian 3 (unassisted) 3
LA -- Landon Donovan 7 (Eddie Lewis 3) 31
LA -- Eddie Lewis 2 (Landon Donovan 5) 45
NY -- Juan Pablo Angel 7 (penalty kick) 87

Los Angeles Galaxy -- Donovan Ricketts, A.J. DeLaGarza, Gregg Berhalter, Omar Gonzalez, Todd Dunivant, Eddie Lewis (Chris Klein 85), David Beckham (Christopher Birchall 70), Stefani Miglioranzi, Landon Donovan, Edson Buddle, Alecko Eskandarian (Mike Magee 74).

Substitutes Not Used: Alan Gordon, Jovan Kirovski, Tony Sanneh, Josh Saunders

New York Red Bulls -- Danny Cepero, Jeremy Hall, Luke Sassano, Mike Petke, Alfredo Pacheco, Nick Zimmerman (Sinisa Ubiparipovic 70), Albert Celades (Dane Richards 62), Seth Stammler, Jorge Rojas, Juan Pablo Angel, Macoumba Kandji (John Wolyniec 79).

Substitutes Not Used: Danleigh Borman, Bouna Coundoul, Leo Krupnick, Khano Smith

 New York Red Bulls Los Angeles Galaxy
total shots: 15 (Juan Pablo Angel 6)  12 (Edson Buddle 3,
 Alecko Eskandarian 3) 
shots on goal: 8 (Juan Pablo Angel 4)  7 (Edson Buddle 3) 
fouls: 11 (3 tied with 2)  15 (3 tied with 3) 
offsides: 4 (Juan Pablo Angel 3)  0 
corner kicks: 7 (Jorge Rojas 4)  6 (David Beckham 3,
 Eddie Lewis 3) 
saves: 4 (Danny Cepero 4)  7 (Donovan Ricketts 7) 

Misconduct Summary:
LA -- Gregg Berhalter (caution; Reckless Foul) 10
LA -- Alecko Eskandarian (caution; Dissent) 27
NY -- Jorge Rojas (caution; Dissent) 92+


referee: Shane Moody
Referee's Assistants: Adam Wienckowski; Steven Taylor
4th official: Lee Suckle
time of game: 1:52
attendance: 23,238
weather: Partly Cloudy -and- 86 degrees

All statistics contained in this boxscore are unofficial