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Héctor Ríos Morales

David Beckham's Last MLS Game Was Eleven Years Ago Today: How He's Changed the League Forever

David Beckham celebrates winning the 2012 MLS Cup with his 3 sons (Credit: Via @BRFootball on X/Twitter)

It has been exactly 11 years since David Beckham last put on an LA Galaxy shirt. On December 1, 2012, Beckham played his last competitive game for the Galaxy, adding a 2nd MLS Cup triumph to his already unrivaled legacy in American soccer after a 3-1 win against the Houston Dynamo.

Beckham revolutionized MLS to its core through his five and a half seasons, forcing changes with the Designated Player rule and pushing the league out of its archaic view of the sport, paving the way for a modernized take on how soccer should work in the country.

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