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AFP, New York

David Beckham will be playing on home turf next year in the Major League Soccer championship game if he can guide the Los Angeles Galaxy into the MLS Cup playoff final.

The US league announced Monday that next year's title game will be played in Los Angeles at the Home Depot Center, the 150 million-dollar home field for the Galaxy and Chivas USA.

England star midfielder Beckham will play his first full MLS season with the Galaxy next year after his debut campaign was cut short this year due to knee and ankle injuries following his June departure from Real Madrid.

The Galaxy home stadium will host its third MLS Cup final, having also served as the championship venue in 2003 and 2004. That will equal Washington and Foxboro, Massachusetts for the most times hosting the event.