David Beckham when played for LA Galaxy. The club is erecting a statute in his honor.
A statue of former England and Manchester United star David Beckham will be unveiled next month by the Los Angeles Galaxy at the club’s home stadium, the team announced Friday.
The former Manchester United and Real Madrid midfielder is the first player to receive a statue in MLS history.
It will be unveiled at Dignity Health Sports Park before LA Galaxy’s first game of the season against Chicago Fire on 2 March.
The iconic midfielder — who also had stints at Real Madrid, AC Milan and Paris Saint-Germain before retiring in 2013 — will receive the honour before the Galaxy’s March 2 Major League Soccer opener against Chicago.
Beckham moved to MLS with the Galaxy in 2007 and played six seasons with the team, winning MLS titles in 2011 and 2012 and expanding the sport’s popularity in America.
The 43-year-old Englishman remains involved with MLS as a co-owner of future expansion club Inter Miami, which is set to take the field in 2020.
Inter Miami is looking for a temporary home stadium until construction on its new venue is completed, with co-owner Jorge Mas telling the Miami Herald they have ruled out the retractable roof stadium of baseball’s Miami Marlins and a venue for next year’s home games will be announced in late February or early March.
David Beckham has bought a stake in Salford City FC – joining his Class of 92 former team-mates as joint owners of the club.
Salford city owners. Most of the owners are old time friends and football players in Manchester United led by Former England captain,David Beckham,Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes, Nicky Butt, Gary and Phil Neville
Former Manchester United star and England skipper Beckham, 43, has bought a 10 per cent stake in the National League club.
It means Beckham , Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes, Nicky Butt, Gary and Phil Neville now have a 60 per cent stake in the club, with Singapore businessman Peter Lim holding the majority share of 40 per cent.
Beckham, who is also behind the Major League Soccer franchise Inter Miami CF in the US, said it was always his intention to join his former United team-mates in becoming involved in Salford City.