Articles labeled: eric kerr

It’s just like that Mean Joe Green commercial, but with a decidedly worse ending.

A shirtless [soccer star David] Beckham approached the boys February 20, after the Galaxy’s exhibition loss to Japan’s Gamba Osaka in the Pan-Pacific Championship, and reached over a sign with his right hand and gave away his white jersey.

Eric and Yoshika Kerr said it was their 10-year-old son that held a sign all game and eventually lured Beckham over. The jersey, they say, was intended for their son because the soccer star pointed to him.

Wilfred and Yoshika Ho said their 9-year-old son had possession first and that a police officer stepped in during a scrum for the jersey and resolved the issue by handing it to their son.

“My son got the shirt, their kid started trying to pry it away,” said Wilfred Ho, who considers a front-page photo in Thursday’s edition of The Honolulu Advertiser proof.