August 31st, 2009 by admin

Remember when Beckham returned to LA Galaxy after an extended spell at Milan and the fans turned on him? Well it looks like he has turned it around after transforming his struggling side into title contenders in just six weeks.

Since Beckham’s return, Galaxy have won four of their seven matches and lost just one.

Now fans are cheering The Becks Factor with their team tipped to reach the play-offs for the first time in three years, The Sun reported.

Becks, 34, sparked wild celebrations as he drilled home the 80th-minute winner in a 1-0 victory over local rivals Chivas USA on Saturday.

Internet forums were flooded with jubilant Galaxy fans hailing Becks.

One, using the nickname “drew coho ohio” wrote on bigsoccer.com: “Great Job Sir David Beckham! The team’s got heart and fire.”

Pegasus 503 wrote: “He looked like a man who cared.”

While “dashiel” joked: “My new favourite bit of side-amusement at games is hearing people scream, ‘Beckham you suck’ seconds before he scores – then cheering like crazy!”

Beckham was jeered during his first game, while banners branded him a “part-timer”.

And he had to be escorted from the field at half-time after he confronted booing fans in the stands.