Beckham likely to make MLS debut in Toronto

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Beckham likely to make MLS debut in Toronto
The first Major League Soccer stop for David Beckham and his Los Angeles Galaxy is expected to be BMO Field, where they will play Toronto FC on Aug. 5, according to the league schedule released yesterday.

The game will start at 7 p.m., and most of the tickets are expected to be snapped up well before the game, mainly through season ticket sales -- approaching 12,000 already -- group sales and various smaller ticket packages that will be made available about April 1. Single-game tickets will go on sale about April 9.

Beckham, the former captain of England's national team, will join the Galaxy in mid-July after his contract with Real Madrid expires. Before the Toronto visit, he could play for the Galaxy in the SuperLiga, an eight-team exhibition event between MLS and Mexican teams.

The Galaxy will play Mexico's Chivas on July 24 at home, against Pachuca on July 28 and three days later at FC Dallas, the only MLS team that will not see Beckham during the regular season.

Sixteen of the Galaxy's final 17 games of the season are scheduled to be broadcast nationally in the United States.

"Adjustments were made to maximize David Beckham joining Galaxy in mid-July," said Dan Courtemanche, MLS's senior vice-president of communications and marketing. "There was no major upheaval to ensure every team will have the Galaxy at home after mid-July."

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