Beckham has been a great win for sponsors. Galaxy became the first team to put a sponsor's name on their shirts. Manufacturer Adidas is also pleased because the Galaxy jersey became the biggest seller in 2007.
Even though Beckham did so much for the soccer hype, his team LA Galaxy didn't quite do so well. When he came to the USA after playing for Real Madrid for half of the season he only played five games because of an ankle injury. Galaxy finished in 11th place in the 13-team league.
In 2008 he scored 5 goals in 25 matches but that didn't help Galaxy either. The team finished at the bottom of the league table. The biggest problem was that, apart from Beckham, the team didn't have any other good players. This is not surprising, when you consider David's 5.5 million dollar salary. Some of his fellow teammates earned as little as 13,000 a season.