US World Cup performance stirs mixed emotions in St Louis’s Bosnian community

The US city is home to about 70,000 Bosnians, the largest diaspora community outside their homeland

Mersad Smajic, a St Louis, Missouri, real estate investor and restaurant owner, has been thrilled to see fellow Bosnian immigrants thrive in their new home, which has been especially evident during the World Cup.

The midwestern city has about 70,000 Bosnians, most of whom fled the country during its war in the 90s, making it the largest such community outside the Balkan country.