David Beckham. A name everyone has heard...a face everyone has seen...but what's the deal? For a brief history lesson, David Beckham was a soccer superstar. Among his many impressive statistics, Beckham has: 58 appearances as Captain for the English international team, Six Premiership wins, two FA Cup wins, and a Champions League win as a Manchester United player, and four seasons on Real Madrid, a historically great soccer team. Earlier this year, however, Beckham signed a 5-year, 250 million dollar contract with the L.A Galaxy from the one and only MLS.
Alongside this 250 million dollar transaction came 250 million dollars worth of media attention. Networks of all kinds rammed pictures, videos, and life updates of Beckham down our throats for weeks. There was even a "Beckham Cam" during the LA Galaxy matches, keeping David in focus the entire time he sat injured on the bench. All this attention surely meant that Beckham was going to provide one hell of a show, draining shots on our American keepers all day. But alas, Beckham sat injured on the sideline for most of his first season for the Galaxy.
So, has Beckham lived up to his worth of 250 million dollars? No. Does it look like he could possibly come back to full health, take the field and regain his former glory? No. David Beckham will most likely retire after the five year contract for the LA Galaxy ends. He is getting old, and although he is a superstar now, his play has been significantly decreasing in quality every year. He has not been nearly as productive recently for Real Madrid as he was for Manchester United, where he made his name, and let’s just say he has been less then stellar producing goals from the bench for the Galaxy. Beckham is more of a celebrity than he is an athlete. I’m sure on of the major reasons he even decided to make the move to LA, rather than other teams in
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