ESPN.com · Jun 30, 2023
From Beckham to Messi: How much has MLS grown in a decade?
The training facilities Lionel Messi experiences with Inter Miami will be a world apart from what David Beckham had with the LA Galaxy a little more than a decade ago. Kevork Djansezian/Getty ImagesLionel Messi announcing that he is signing with Inter Miami CF has created plenty of conversation around what, exactly, he has gotten himself into. Major League Soccer is unique and full of quirks, but it's far from the low-rent, retirement-league stereotype it's often characterized as.
This isn't the MLS that David Beckham left behind a little more than a decade ago.
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