Beckham also had a big effect on the number of visitors at Major League Soccer Games. In one of his first matches for Galaxy in New York, 66,000 fans came to see him. Galaxy's home crowd increased by 25%. When the team played in other cities many fans came just to see Beckham. They wanted their money back when they found out that he was injured and wouldn't play.
Soccer has become very popular on TV too. Big sports channels which have ignored the sport in the past are showing games. Americans are even interested in European League games as well.