5/14/12

“Blog about whatever”

Kaitlyn Bernath

David Beckham was born in England on May 2, 1975. His parent’s names were Ted and Sandra Beckham. Ted was a repairman and Sandra was a hairstylist. Beckham was a middle child. His family was always fond of Manchester United; it was something he grew up with. Manchester United is England’s legendary soccer franchise. Beckham showed his love for “football” at an early age. When he was 11 he won the Charlton Soccer Schools National Skills Competition showing his skill early in life. The Manchester United team officials started to notice his talent and asked him to try out for the youth team. Already at sixteen, Beckham was playing for the united training division, and had already left home. Two years later he got accepted into the club and already by 1995 he was playing as a full time starter. In 1997 Beckham was named The Professional Footballers Association Young Player of the Year. Beckham netted 13 million dollars in 1998 from an Adidas contract. The Beckham brand got even better when he met Victoria Adam. In ’97 they quickly fell in love and two years later had their first child, Brooklyn Joseph. Two Months later the two got married in Dublin, Ireland just outside of castle, and had an $800,000 wedding.  Beckham still continued to play well and didn’t fail. In 1999 he led the team to 3 titles, The Premier League Title, The FA Cup Championship, and The Champions League Title. England qualified for the World Cup in 2002. The same year, Beckham signed a $22 million dollar contract to stay with Manchester for 3 years. Yet, in 2003 he was offered a deal from Real Madrid.  Spanish players were thrilled to have him on the team. When the Americans were just getting to know him, the movie, Bend it like Beckham came out. America’s fascination with Beckham culminated in 2007 when Beckham moved across the Atlantic to sign a $250 million contract with LA Galaxy. In less than 48 hours, the Galaxy sold over 5,000 season tickets. Beckham injured his knee and missed out of the World Cup in 2010 because of an Achilles injury.  Last year, in July, David and Victoria welcomed their little girl, Harper Steven, in to the family after having 3 boys.