David Beckham will be inducted into the United States' National Soccer Hall of Fame as part of its 2027 class, BBC Sport reported. The former Manchester United and England midfielder, 51, moved from Real Madrid to Major League Soccer's LA Galaxy in 2007 on a five-year contract. He made 124 appearances in all competitions for Galaxy, scored 20 goals, and twice won both the MLS Cup and the Supporters' Shield. His six seasons in Los Angeles helped raise the league's global profile. After retiring in 2013 he became a co-owner of Inter Miami, which signed Lionel Messi in 2023. The induction ceremony is set for April 16, 2027, in Frisco, Texas. Beckham was told of the veterans' ballot decision at an MLS board of governors' meeting on Thursday and said his time in the United States has been "an incredible journey." He also had two loan spells with AC Milan, in 2009 and 2010, while still at Galaxy, and added: "I'm looking to build this league and this sport in this great country for a long time."
Former U.S. internationals Megan Rapinoe and Julie Ertz have also been voted into the Hall of Fame in their first year of eligibility. Rapinoe, 41, a Ballon d'Or winner, and midfielder Ertz, 34, lifted the Women's World Cup with the United States in 2015 and 2019. "To be alongside all the greatest players that have played for us, and played for our country alongside a bunch of my team-mates and friends, recognised like that in this way just means you were successful and a part of great teams," Rapinoe wrote on Instagram. Their elections, and Beckham's, are separate ballot paths announced together: Beckham on the veterans' ballot, Rapinoe and Ertz in their first year of eligibility.
The announcement is an induction into a 2027 class, not a ceremony that has already happened, and not a U.S. national-team cap total for Beckham, who arrived as a designated MLS star rather than as a longtime American international. The 124 appearances, 20 goals and two MLS Cups are the career figures given in the BBC report for his Galaxy years, the basis of the veterans' honor.
The verified news is Beckham's selection for the 2027 Hall of Fame class, the April 16 ceremony date in Frisco, and the accompanying elections of Rapinoe and Ertz. It is not a claim that the induction has already taken place, and the 2027 date is the scheduled ceremony, not a publish time for this article.