By Art Spander
For RealClearSports.com
We’ve had this infatuation before, after the World Cup was held in the United States in 1994, maybe after the women’s World Cup win, in the same stadium where the ‘99 final was played, the Rose Bowl. America was soccer mad, like Europe and South America, was the wild proclamation.
Not at all. America was merely being America, a nation excited for a time about a special event, a competition that for that day was must-see, like a Super Bowl or a Kentucky Derby. Make it seem important enough and you can sell out anything from log rolling to curling.
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