The Town of Our Lady the Queen of the Angels on the River Porciuncula

It seems that David Beckham going to play for LA Galaxy is as much about racial politics as about business and celebrity. The club is based in a working class Hispanic neighbourhood.
"To those white Americans who resent the growing influence of Hispanics in American politics, Beckham’s arrival in LA could actually be considered as a threat. Indeed, the suburb of Carson (incorporated as its own city in 1968) is an area of pride for many Hispanic-Americans: it was originally the Dominguez Rancho homestead, a gift by the Spanish governor of California in 1782 to the Spanish soldier Juan José Domínguez, who was part of the Portola expedition that settled the area that ultimately became El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Angeles del Rio de Porciuncula (The Town of Our Lady the Queen of the Angels on the River Porciuncula). "
The white middle-class reaction could be summarised by the LA blogger who quipped that soccer was a sport “generally played by 12-year-old girls in high socks” and an editor at the Los Angeles Times who commented: “Not even the paparazzi will get down to Carson: the traffic’s too bad.”