As the confetti filled the air inside the Knight Concert Hall at the Adrienne Arsht Center, David Beckham flashed a smile that spoke volumes about the celebratory atmosphere on stage and in the crowd: MLS was coming to Miami. Nearly four years after first making it public that he would bring a team to South Florida, the former LA Galaxy superstar finally would be an MLS owner after all.
Beckham, back in 2007, when he agreed to leave Real Madrid and move to the United States, had shrewdly negotiated for the future rights to purchase an expansion team in the then fledgling, but growing, league.