Last night was the the night when Miami, fresh from an encouraging weekend second-half performance against Atlanta, would kick on, adding momentum to an already three game winning streak.
Mr Beckham was there to see it, along with celebrity in the form of French DJ’s David Guetta and Cedric Gervais and boxing’s Heavyweight World Champion Tyson Fury. Even the great Bulgarian, Hristo Stoichkov was there, the ex-Barca striker present as a commentator for Spanish channel TUDN.
But they all reckoned without Montreal playing its best 45 minutes of the season, and then comfortably consolidating a 2-0 interval advantage after the break.