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Beckham: 'I never considered quitting'.


Summary: David Beckham Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled due to vandalism.  has said that despite some of his troubles in the United States he never considered leaving the Los Angeles Galaxy The Los Angeles Galaxy are a professional football (soccer) team based in Carson, California that participates in Major League Soccer. The name "Galaxy" refers to Los Angeles being the home of many Hollywood "stars". .

David Beckham has said that despite some of his troubles in the United States he never considered leaving the Los Angeles Galaxy.

Beckham will line up against Real Salt Lake in Sunday's MLS Cup final but his first two seasons in the US saw little success for the team and plenty of controversy.

The England midfielder's decision to miss the first half of this season to complete a loan spell with AC Milan in Italy led to Galaxy fans booing him on his return.

But after training on Thursday and before flying to Seattle for the final, Beckham said he had never thought about walking away and returning permanently to Europe.

"No, not at all, never. I always committed myself to the MLS See multilevel security.  and committed myself to (Galaxy owner) Tim Leiweke and the whole franchise," he told reporters. "I always said that I would see it through.

"There's never a smooth road. There are always a few bumps along the way and there has been."

He added: "That's kind of been my career. There have always been ups and downs ups and downs  
pl.n.
Alternating periods of good and bad fortune or spirits.


ups and downs
Noun, pl

alternating periods of good and bad luck or high and low spirits
 - more ups than downs but that's the way it is, that's life."

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