Wednesday to tour the planned site, and the league said it was pleased to see county commissioners ratify Mayor Carlos Gimenez's recommendation to allow the sale.

"The process was lengthy, difficult, but necessary in order to ensure that Miami-Dade County taxpayers were properly compensated," Gimenez said.

Miami has been without an MLS team since the league folded the Fusion in 2001 after four seasons. The city is also currently home to Miami FC, which began play in the second-tier NASL last year, playing home games at Florida International University.

Beckham is not the only huge global name pursuing MLS expansion these days; Landon Donovan has joined the ownership group that is hoping to bring a team to San Diego -- but it has not been easy going either.

The victory for Beckhamcannot buzz an act after the semi-finals. The judges are again asked to express their views on each act's performance.

After all acts have performed, phone lines open for a short time. After the votes have been counted, the act that has polled the highest number of public votes is automatically placed in the final. The judges then choose between the second and third most popular acts, with the winner of that vote also gaining a place in the final. All other acts are then eliminated from the competition.

From Season 6, the golden buzzer was added, which if pressed would send the contestant straight to the semi-finals but it can only be press once so when press the judges can't hit again and if it they don't need to