“We didn’t talk about spirituality. We talked about dollars and cents, and where it could get done.” — Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenezon Friday’s meeting on a proposed Miami soccer stadium, in reference to comments by David Beckham advisor and American Idol creator Simon Fuller in 2014, when Miami Beckham United was seeking a waterfrontstadium. Fuller […]
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Friday: Shared interests foster Beckham's Miami meeting
Friday could be a decisive day as David Beckham seeks to get the ball rolling on the stalled efforts to secure a stadium site for his proposed MLS team. TheMiami Herald reported that he will meet with outgoing University of Miami president DonnaShalala and MLS commissioner Don Garber about working with the University of Miami […]
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Video Pick: David Beckham answers 3 ridiculous questions
A bearded David Beckham took time off from his modeling career to answer Jimmy Kimmel‘s “3 Ridiculous Questions,” including, “What fruit do you think you can kick thefarthest?”
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Will MLS drop 'downtown' in Miami stadium search?
On Sunday, MLS commissioner Don Garber told reporters at the opening of the new stadium in San Jose that he plans to visit Miami in the next few weeks to assessthe situation on the stalled efforts to find a home for a stadium for the group headed by David Beckham. After a long standstill, Beckham’s […]
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Miami Beckham United offered 'The Cage'
It’s not the stadium deal it was looking — and it’s certainly not the downtown stadium MLS wants — but the Miami-Dade County Commissioners have proposed that Miami Beckham United, David Beckham‘s group seeking an MLS team in South Florida, play at the Florida International University football stadium as a temporary solution to its stadiumproblem.
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Report: Brooklyn Beckham Signs with Arsenal
The Daily Star on Monday reported that Brooklyn Beckham, eldest son of former LA Galaxy midfielder David Beckham, has signed his first professional contract with Arsenal in theEnglish Premier League at the age of 15. While Brooklyn is the first of Beckham’s three boys to sign with the Gunners, his younger brothers — Romeo and […]
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Klinsmann: Donovan's Career 'Could Have Gone Further'
“Landon Donovan set U.S. national team and Major League Soccer records for goals and assists, scored in a signature stoppage-time moment that lifted America to a first-place finish ina World Cup group for the first time in 80 years and won five MLS titles — with a sixth still possible,” ESPN writes. “Jurgen Klinsmann was […]
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Beckham: Miami MLS Franchise "Will Happen"
David Beckham remains confident that he can establish an MLS franchise in Miami despite the numerous setbacks he and his investors have faced in finding a waterfront spot for theteam’s proposed stadium. The former LA Galaxy midfielder is working with Sprint Corp CEO Marcelo Claure and “American Idol” producer Simon Fuller to bring a team […]
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Beckham: Togetherness Key for USA
In an interview with USA Today, David Beckham sounded off on the USA and England’s chances of success at the 2014 World Cup. The former Manchester United midfielder, who made115 appearances for England between 1996 and 2009, has lived in America since signing for MLS club the L.A. Galaxy in 2007. His home and adopted […]
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Beckham drops plans for PortMiami stadium
[MLS EXPANSION] In face of an intensive lobbying effort by port industries that has garnered significant support from area politicians, David Beckham‘s MLS expansion group has abandoned plans to seek a home for its soccer stadium at PortMiami. Instead, it has set its eyes on another downtown location that Miami’s twomayors say is “a perfect […]