How David Beckham Turned a $25M Gamble into a $1B Empire

The Wild Bet That Changed American Sports Forever

In the summer of 2007, the football world gasped.

David Beckham, one of the most iconic players of his generation, was leaving Real Madrid. At thirty-one, he was still a global star with plenty of gas in the tank. But instead of joining another elite European club, he signed with LA Galaxy, a team in the relatively unknown Major League Soccer in the Unit…