David Beckham is coming to America.
David Beckham turned down a two-year contract extension and will leave Real Madrid when his contract expires on July 1st. He will join the MLS (Major League Soccer) team, Los Angeles Galaxy. With this move, MLS organizers hope to boost the sport of soccer here in the United States.
“There are so many great sports in America,” the former Manchester United star said. “There are so many kids that play baseball, American football, basketball. But soccer is huge all around the world apart from America, so that’s where I want to make a difference with the kids.”
David Beckham’s 5-year contract with the Galaxy is reportedly worth $250 million.
Read ESPN’s articles here and here.
Read LA Galaxy’s Official Press Release.
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December 28th, 2007 at 10:29 pm
I Love David Beckham.
January 14th, 2007 at 4:53 pm
@ash – Hehe..you should’ve researched and studied the rules first. You could also ask a friend who knows about the basic rules of soccer and explain it to you. I hope you get to play next time! :D
January 14th, 2007 at 4:17 am
Yeah, the rules. I was going to try out for the late Soccer Tournament in our company but just backed out. I’m afraid they will ask me about soccer. hehe
January 13th, 2007 at 10:05 pm
@verns – it’s all good..hehe :D
January 12th, 2007 at 10:13 pm
@jim – really? your cousin must be a soccer fanatic or a girl, right? hehe..just kidding. I’ll see if I can get to watch a LA Galaxy game live.
@verns – hehe..finally! :D
yup, same here. I’ll also switch teams for that kind of money. Probably his former team didn’t have enough money to spare since they have a lot of superstars in their payroll like Roberto Carlos, Van Nistelrooy and Raul.
January 12th, 2007 at 11:20 pm
Oh I’m sorry Jaypee…I don’t know those people hehe but yeah…I reckon that’s the case :)
Oh well…goodluck to him then :)
January 12th, 2007 at 9:11 pm
yo! finally naka-sulod man gid hehe
anyway…Oh I’ll switch too if I’ll be offered $250M hrhrhr I’m not big in soccer but I wonder why his old team did not make a counter offer…hmmmm curious…curious.
January 12th, 2007 at 7:54 pm
My cousin just bought season tickets for LA Galaxy. Prolly I’ll just wait till LA play against Houston. Hopefully I can watch them here.
January 12th, 2007 at 10:03 am
@jim – I’m pretty sure there will be an increase in fans and tv viewers for the MLS next season. especially girl fans. hehe :D
@ash – you mean the rules? it’s not really that hard. just learn the basics and the rest you learn when you keep playing it or following it on TV.
@pining – we can’t really know what his real agenda is but let’s just hope that he went what he said about making a difference with kids.
January 11th, 2007 at 7:16 pm
.. and he’s not after the money, after all he’s done a lot for Real Madrid. Yeah, right..
January 11th, 2007 at 5:58 pm
I wanna learn soccer first. I can kick, can run and whatnots but I don’t know real soccer… :(
January 11th, 2007 at 5:43 pm
maybe I’ll start watching MLS and become LA’s fan from now.