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US welcomes Beckham move
US welcomes Beckham move
Last Modified: 12 Jan 2007
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Nicholas Glass
Reaction has been warm in the US to the news that David Beckham is to play football there.
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"The main thing for me is to improve the soccer and change history really," David Beckham insisted today in a message for supporters of his new Los Angeles Galaxy team.
The beautiful game may not be the most popular sport in the United States - and it certainly isn't called football.
But across the Atlantic there's been a warm reaction to the Beckhams' impending arrival. One sports pundit described it as "Tiger Woods meets Brad Pitt on the red carpet".
And even Madonna proclaimed herself a fan.
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