Editing David Beckham (section)

====2008====
Beckham trained with Arsenal from 4 January 2008 for three weeks, until he returned to the Galaxy for pre-season training.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/europe/7171836.stm |title=Beckham begins Arsenal training |work=BBC Sport |date=4 January 2008 |access-date=4 May 2009 |archive-date=7 January 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080107135350/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/europe/7171836.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> Beckham scored his first league goal with the Galaxy on 3 April, against the [[San Jose Earthquakes]] in the ninth minute.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report?id=237757&cc=5901 |title=Beckham, Donovan propel L.A. past Quakes |website=ESPN Soccernet|date=4 April 2008 |access-date=4 April 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080408050045/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report?id=237757&cc=5901 |archive-date=8 April 2008 }}</ref> On 24 May 2008, the Galaxy defeated the [[Sporting Kansas City|Kansas City Wizards]] 3–1, giving the Galaxy their first winning record in two years and moving the club into first place in the Western Conference. In the match, Beckham scored an empty-net goal from {{convert|70|yd}} out. The goal marked the second time in Beckham's career that he had scored from his own half, the other being a 1996-goal from the half-way line against [[Wimbledon F.C.|Wimbledon]] at [[Selhurst Park]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://soccernet.espn.go.com/columns/story?id=538785&root=mls&cc=5901 |title=ESPNsoccernet – MLS – Canales: Beckham shows scoring touch against Wizards |website=ESPN Soccernet |first=Andrea |last=Canales |access-date=13 November 2008 |archive-date=17 March 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090317004415/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/columns/story?id=538785&root=mls&cc=5901 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Overall, however, the Galaxy had a disappointing year, failing to qualify for the end-of-season play-offs.