Although he resumed training last week, David Beckham will miss the Los Angeles Galaxy's home game against Toronto FC on Saturday.

 

Beckham has not played since spraining his right knee in August. He began training last week and has practiced twice with the team.

 

Beckham is making progress, but Galaxy coach Frank Yallop said, "Getting on the big field and getting in a proper game is totally different from training. We're waiting to make sure that he's close to 100 percent."

 

Beckham's status is unclear for the Galaxy's final home game Thursday against New York.

 

Because of the knee injury, Beckham also will miss England's European qualifiers against Estonia on Saturday at Wembley and against Russia on Wednesday night in Moscow.

 

(Xinhua News Agency October 13, 2007)