A man walks past a David Beckham advertising poster at Los Angeles Galaxy stadium shop in Carson, California, July 20, 2007. REUTERS/Toby Melville
(Reuters) - David Beckham sent shockwaves around the world when he signed with Los Angeles Galaxy in 2007, giving Major League Soccer a level of legitimacy and visibility that otherwise may have taken decades to reach before the ink on his contract was barely dry.
Wednesday marks the 10th anniversary of Beckham's coming to America, a deal that made the former England captain the poster boy for a new era of MLS and transformed the Galaxy into one of the planet's most recognizable football brands.
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