Revealed: Why LA Galaxy agreed David Beckham's AC Milan timeshare deal
"That's a very positive thing."
Garber said he hoped Beckham would decide at the end of the season not to trigger a release clause in the five-year contract he signed in 2007.
"You've got to look at the reality of what this business is about," he said.
"It's either getting some of David Beckham or it's getting none of David Beckham and I'd much rather be where we are and have him for the second half of the season and then, again, hopefully for a couple more seasons after that which was not guaranteed in his last contract."
At the same time, Garber said there was more to his league's success than Beckham and that the protracted saga over his future during the winter would soon be forgotten.
"This was a big story for all of us and arguably it's one of the biggest sports stories over the last six months or so but David Beckham is not a one-man stimulus package for Major League Soccer," he added.
"He's the guy that really helped grow our awareness and exposure for the league. He's done wonders to spread the appeal of the sport here and abroad.
"This was a complicated process and it's worked out in a way that's good for David, it's good for the Galaxy and good for Major League Soccer.
"He comes back in July and hopefully he stays for the rest of 2009 and the rest of 2010 and 11. At some point I think this will be another one of those stories that's a chapter in the history of Major League Soccer."
