David Beckham, ye of multiple English Premier League, FA Cup, and even a Champions League medal to his credit will be joining the LA Galaxy in July.
Recently the MLS amended their salary cap rules with what, even at the time, was known as the "Beckham Rule." This rule, essentially, allows each team to sign one international player at a salary significantly larger than would have been allowed under the old 2 million dollar per-team cap (also, teams can trade there rights to a designated player, but no team is allowed more than two such players).
It was long known that Beckham intended to play in the US at the end of his career. And while he's currently 31, which is a bit old for any soccer player not named Gary Speed, he's still got something left. That being said, it was assumed he wouldn't hop the pond for a couple years yet. That was, of course, until the current La Liga campaign began. This year Beck's has made only 7 starts for Real Madrid through all competitions (though he has come on a dozen times as a sub). That's not nearly enough for a player with Beckham's stature. So once his current deal with Real runs out on June 30 he'll be wearing Galaxy yellow.
The cheese might actually attend an MLS match now...
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It's actually called the "Designated Player" rule...but Becks has long stated his desire to play in the US, and a year ago he opened a soccer academy in London and LA. The LA site, not coincidently, is at the Home Depot Center, where the Galaxy also play...anyway, after the rule was passed it started being referred to as the Beckham rule...
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