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Soccer star David Beckham to bring MLS team to Miami
" Major League Soccer made it official Wednesday: David Beckham will get an expansion franchise, and its home will be Miami — if Beckham's investors score a new stadium."This is the first time in the modern era that an ex-athlete is joining the ranks of ownership," MLS Commissioner Don Garber said at a news conference.
A new team would begin to play in 2017, or possibly 2016."
Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2014/02/05/3914127/soccer-star-david-beckham-to-bring.html#storylink=cpy
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Now if only he could bring football back to the UK... 
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