Friday, June 6, 2014

On eve of 2014 World Cup, growth of soccer fandom in the United States remains uneven


Tommy Smyth, the longtime ESPN analyst, remembers having to rack up big long-distance charges calling overseas to learn scores of soccer matches. Star player Brandi Chastain learned to kick a ball before the world’s top women players even had a World Cup tournament of their own. Bruce Arena, the veteran coach, recalls a time when maybe one soccer game a year appeared on American television. Today finding live soccer on TV requires a remote control and a thumb.


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