Davey is coming to America

David Beckham is leaving the Spanish football team Real Madrid to play in Los Angeles Galaxy.
All this, for an estimated contract of $250 million over the next five years, or around $1 million a week for 5 years.
After leaving Manchester United ( my favorite football team) he joined the "galácticos" , as fans know the Real Madrid Football club, in 2003.
The value of that transfer was $50 million.
Without winning any major domestic or international title since then, David was often relegated to the bench by the coach of Real Madrid, Fabio Capello.
Before this season started, David led England into last summer’s World Cup, with a mediocre performance that made England last until the quarterfinals.
After the Cup, he stepped down as England’s captain, post he had held for 58 of his 94 international appearances, later on the new coach of the English team decided not to call him for international duties.
Now, the American M.L.S is betting on his international fame and marketing appeal to resurrect a professional soccer league struggling to find a spot between other sports already favored by the American public like American Football, Basketball, Ice Hockey, and NASCAR.
This strategy is not new, it was tried before in the mid-1970s, with the signing of the Brazilian star Pelé by the New York Cosmos, as well as German player Franz Beckenbauer.
It will be very hard to develop a regular fan base that can sustain the sport of football in the United States.
The “Clubs” in Europe and South America not only identify regions, provinces and states but different cultures, languages and traditions.
The passion behind those values is what makes football, the world sport, followed with the same intensity by a Spaniard or Greek in Europe or a Brazilian or Peruvian in South America.
The fans love their country or region first,, then their team, and finally the player.
M.L.S is trying to this backwards and competing with other sports, already with a large fan base.
Anyway, for the many hours of pleasure you gave me, watching you play for ManU and the England team I said:

Congratulations, Davey!!!