data-mm-id=”_vu7ukxkjq”>Last year, David Beckham sold Lionel Messi on the vision for his Major League Soccer club Inter Miami, convincing the reigning World Cup winner and former Barcelona superstar to leave Europe and begin a new chapter of his legendary career in North America.Part of Beckham's sales pitch also included talk of the chance to leave a lasting legacy in American soccer. Sure, there was the obvious financial incentive of a two-and-a-half-year, $150 million contract, but Beckham convinced Messi, arguably the world's greatest soccer player ever, to view the opportunity as being more than just about the money.Beckham described it as a "gift" — with the ultimate present coming in the form of a World Cup title for the United States men's national t…