David Beckham will have the opportunity to impress England’s new coaching staff tomorrow when Fabio Capello’s general manager, Franco Baldini, is expected to make a personal check on the midfielder’s form and fitness by attending Los Angeles Galaxy’s pre-season friendly in Dallas.

Beckham recently returned from the Galaxy’s tour of China and South Korea and is hopeful of earning his 100th cap in England’s friendly against France at the Stade de France on March 26. That game comes three days before the start of the Major League Soccer season - the Galaxy will play Colorado Rapids at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park - meaning much will depend upon the performance he musters at Pizza Hut Park.

Capello indicated last week that the 32-year-old would be “in contention” for the game in Paris should he prove his fitness after a pre-season with Ruud Gullit’s side which has taken in a Pan-Pacific championship in Honolulu before matches in Seoul, Shanghai and Hong Kong. “We will check on him in Dallas and then we will decide whether he will be fit for the squad for the France game,” he said.

However, if Beckham fails to impress against Dallas he will have to switch his attentions to England’s proposed friendly against the United States at Wembley on May 28 to earn his century of caps.