In the shadow of Tennessee’s Signal and Lookout mountains, 8-year-old Beckham balanced on a fence for more than three hours, gripping a handwritten note and waiting for Spain’s national team to emerge.
“I love you and I look up to you,” the note addressed to Pedri and Lamine Yamal read. “Thanks for coming to my city. I hope you win the World Cup.”
As the players ran onto the field, his eyes grew wide.
“Dad,” he whispered, “they’re real.”
The scene was equally incredible to his father, Jaxon McClure, a Marine Corps veteran who grew up in Chattanooga playing soccer with trash cans for goalposts, now coaches hundreds of local children and named his first child after one of the sport’s greatest stars, David Beckham.
“I love you and I look up to you,” the note addressed to Pedri and Lamine Yamal read. “Thanks for coming to my city. I hope you win the World Cup.”
As the players ran onto the field, his eyes grew wide.
“Dad,” he whispered, “they’re real.”
The scene was equally incredible to his father, Jaxon McClure, a Marine Corps veteran who grew up in Chattanooga playing soccer with trash cans for goalposts, now coaches hundreds of local children and named his first child after one of the sport’s greatest stars, David Beckham.
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