{"id":219066,"date":"2026-04-04T22:49:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T22:49:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/219066\/"},"modified":"2026-04-04T22:49:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T22:49:10","slug":"matthew-mcconaughey-pens-letter-to-david-beckham-ahead-of-austin-fc-inter-miami-match","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/219066\/","title":{"rendered":"Matthew McConaughey pens letter to David Beckham ahead of Austin FC, Inter Miami match"},"content":{"rendered":"

Inter Miami<\/a> is set to open a brand new stadium on Saturday. The MLS club plays host to Austin FC<\/a>, with kickoff scheduled for 7:30 p.m. ET. Austin FC minority owner Matthew McConaughey appears to be on his way to attend the game, hoping to take in what should be a fantastic atmosphere.<\/p>\n

Before getting there, McConaughey decided to pen a letter to a fellow owner, David Beckham. Not many people have impacted MLS like Beckham, who came to play in the United States in 2007. McConaughey thanked him for doing so ahead of the World Cup while also finding success at Inter Miami.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs Austin visits Miami today for a little shindig on your new pitch, I want to first shout out a sincere \u2018thank you\u2019 \u2014 you didn\u2019t create soccere over here in the US, but you damn sure supercharged it,\u201d McConaughey said<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you came to the Galaxy you gave MLS fresh legitimacy, you turned games into events, and you essentially changed MLS from a proving ground to a premier destination \u2014 THANK YOU.<\/p>\n

\u201cNow, you\u2019re out in Miami, on a similar mission just in a different position \u2014 I\u2019ll top my hat to that. Now, I write you today, because my Austin FC club and a busload of verde and black fans are coming into your sea of pink and looking to upset your opening party, so I\u2019m gonna need you and your buddy Leo to make some room for us this weekend.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd with the world\u2019s eyes upon us as this summer draws near, we here in the capital of Texas look forward to stopping by to continue cementing one more cornerstone of American soccer for the world to witness.\u201d<\/p>\n

Inter Miami is five games into the 2026 season, winning three of them. It\u2019s early but they are in third place in the Eastern Conference, having a chance to move up depending on Saturday\u2019s result. Right now, New York City FC and Nashville FC occupy the top two spots. Things certainly will change in the coming months.<\/p>\n

Looking over to the West, Austin FC has not shared the same fortune. McConaughey has seen just one win and two draws from his club. Getting back to winning ways is certainly going to be key.<\/p>\n

Before then, a nice letter for Beckham came from McConaughey\u2019s desk. Now, we can hope the match turns out to be just as good. Because the fans inside the new stadium certainly be up for the occasion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Inter Miami is set to open a brand new stadium on Saturday. The MLS club plays host to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":219067,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,125,124],"class_list":["post-219066","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219066","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=219066"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219066\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/219067"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=219066"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=219066"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=219066"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}