ATLANTA — The Americans weren’t ever going to let the opportunity pass. Football is steeped in tradition, everywhere but here. Carte blanche.
Soccer is gaining in popularity by the second in the United States. And with pride in one’s home inescapable in the land of the free, the opportunity to educate the world in the American way was always going to be impossible to resist.
Whether the Americanisation of the World Cup is intentional or not, it is inescapable.
American national anthem, no matter who is playing
The US national team sing ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’ ahead of kick-off (Photo: Getty)
