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In 2007, David Beckham, the golden boy of soccer, shocked the international sports world when he signed a five-year contract with an American team, the Los Angeles Galaxy. Under the direction of his manager, Simon Fuller, the mastermind behind American Idol and the Spice Girls, Beckham was ready for a monumental challenge and a risky adventure–ready, as Fuller put it, to earn his stripes Stateside. Could he pull off what no player had ever accomplished (including Pelé in the 1970s) and transform soccer into one of the most popular spectator sports in America? It was a bold experiment: failure meant a team, a league, a sport, and Beckham himself might miss their chance to hit primetime in the U.S. With unprecedented access to the Galaxy and one-on-one interviews with Beckham, veteran Sports Illustrated writer Grant Wahl focuses on the inner circle of the experiment: Beckham, Galaxy leading scorer Landon Donovan, Simon Fuller, controversial former coach Ruud Gullit, outspoken former Galaxy president Alexi Lalas, and Mrs. Victoria “Posh Spice” Beckham. Wahl takes readers behind the scenes, on the road with the team and inside the locker room, to reveal just what happened on and off the field when the most renowned player in the world left the glamour of European soccer to play in a country that has yet to fully embrace the sport. We find out what his teammates really think of their superstar captain, who was calling the shots behind the scenes, how Beckham’s management conducted a shadow takeover of the Galaxy organization, and if the team plans to embrace him–or not–when he returns from AC Milan for the 2009 season. The Beckham Experiment is a no-holds-barred account of ego clashes and epic winless streaks, rivalries and resentments, big gambles and great expectations, cultural and class collisions, and ultimately the volatile mix of celebrity and professional sports. As Beckham embarks on his third season with the Galaxy, the question remains: even for a player the caliber of David Beckham, are some goals out of reach? From the Hardcover edition.
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He is also the author of the controversial book, The Beckham Experiment. In 1996, Wahl began his career working with the Miami Herald as an international From there, he joined Sports Illustrated in November 1996.
By October 2000, he was promoted to the position of senior writer
Wahl mostly covers soccer for both the magazine and SI.com. In his career, he has reported on 12 National Collegiate Athletic Association basketball tournaments, five World Cups, and three Olympic games.
He first gained critical acclaim for his 1998 cover story Where"s Daddy?, which documented the growing number of illegitimate children born to professional athletes. Since then, he has written numerous cover stories and profiles on athletes.
Wahl wrote his first book in 2009 called The Beckham Experiment.
The book was a New York Times Best Seller. In 2011, Wahl announced that he wanted to run for Fédération internationale de football association-president, but pulled out before the official deadline for the election hit. During his first year at college, Wahl covered his university soccer team where ex-USMNT coach was the manager at the time.
Bradley "hooked him up" with Boca Juniors, allowing him to spend half of his summer in Argentina.
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