He maha i tākaro i roto i te katoa o Ingarangi's whakataetae tohu mo te 1998 Ipu o te Ao, a ko te wahi o Ingarangi squad i te Ipu o te Ao whakamutunga i roto i France, engari i te kapa o te kaiwhakahaere Glenn Hoddle tūmatanui whakahe ia o kore arotahi i runga i te whakataetae, a kihai i tīmata ia i roto i tetahi o Ingarangi tuatahi e rua kēmu. I tangohia ia mo te kēmu tuatoru ki a Colombia, ka kaute ki te piko 30-yarder free kick i roto i te 2 <unk> 0 wikitoria, i te mea tona piro tuatahi mo Ingarangi. I roto i te rauna tuarua (mutunga 16) o taua whakataetae, ka riro ia he kāri whero i Ingarangi's kēmu ki a Argentina. Beckham, i muri i te kua whiua e Diego Simeone, whiua Simeone i te mea e takoto ana i runga i te papa, whiua ia i runga i te uaua uaua uaua. I whakawakia Sports Illustrated o te Argentinians i roto i taua hui, e whakahe ana i te "whakapae tuatahi-one" i te whakataetae, a kihai ia i tīmata
I ngana ia ki te tuku i a Beckham ki waho mā te urupare nui ki te patunga, kātahi, me ētahi atu mema o tōna kapa, ka akiaki i te kaitautoko kia tuku i a Beckham ki waho.