There is no reward for knowing everything about soccer, which I do. I have covered it, coached it, played it. I toured with it, tippled with its legends. I lost a gig at the Wall Street Journal because of it. None of this is said with either pride or regret. It is being said because, like the locust and elections, here comes soccer again.
There is no reward for knowing everything about soccer, which I do. I have covered it, coached it, played it. I toured with it, tippled with its legends. I lost a gig at The Wall Street Journal because of it. None of this is said with either pride or regret. It is being said because, like the locust and elections, here comes soccer again.
It is generally left to a player named Christian Pulisic to speak for the rest of us, he being the face of American soccer. I can confirm that, the name, not the face, because, as I said, I know everything about soccer. Pulisic has been quoted as saying the US team is on a mission to"change the way the world sees American soccer."
by signing up you agree to our terms of service A president of the Italian Soccer League was once astonished that we treat soccer like a picnic."The American public looks at a game as a day out to eat popcorn and hot dogs," he said."In Europe the fans can't eat because their stomachs are closed up by tension."Soccer is a fragile nuisance in America, more tolerated than encouraged, yet its tenacity is admirable. Every"no" sounds like a"maybe.
In the U.S. group are Wales, England and Iran, two friends and one foe, and, though I know everything about soccer, that is about as deep as this scouting report is going to get.
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