Football legend David Beckham says he will play his final game with the Los Angeles Galaxy when the Major League Soccer club hosts Houston in the MLS Cup match next month, but where he goes from there remains a mystery. The 37-year-old former England captain and veteran of three World Cups notably did not mention anything about retiring from the sport.
"I've had an incredibly special time playing for the LA Galaxy. However, I wanted to experience one last challenge before the end of my playing career," Beckham said in a news release on Monday. Beckham has scheduled a news conference in Los Angeles for Tuesday. The football superstar has spent the past six seasons with the Galaxy, leading Los Angeles to an MLS Cup title last season when they defeated the Houston Dynamo 1-0. Beckham and the Galaxy go for their second consecutive crown when they face the Dynamo in a repeat of last year's final on December 1 at the Home Depot Center.
Beckham said in a statement released by the team that the game would be his last for the Galaxy, as he hopes to move on and eventually become a part-owner of an MLS team in the future. "I don't see this as the end of my relationship with the league as my ambition is to be part of the ownership structure in the future," he said. Beckham did not go into specifics about what he meant by "one last challenge" or what he plans to do next.
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