Indeed, Becks' first outing with the Galaxy, against
Chelsea in a 1-0 losing effort last Saturday, drew a record television audience for a match involving a Major League Soccer team on ESPN, reaching 947,000 homes, according to television measurement
firm Nielsen. That translates to roughly one percent of homes with ESPN watching the global soccer icon's debut.
Meanwhile, the arrival of Posh and Becks in Hollywood has attracted even more
attention in the celebrity press, where the likes of People Magazine, TV's Entertainment Tonight and the blog PerezHilton.com covered his Galaxy debut. It helps that celebrities like Katie Holmes, Eva
Longoria, Arnold Schwarzenegger and the NBA's Kevin Garnett were on hand to witness the match versus Chelsea. Said Becks, "I don't think I've ever had a more extraordinary year in my life than this
one and this last week has been truly one of the most remarkable."