Has the US finally fallen in love with football? – podcast
by Helen Pidd with Jeff Rueter; produced by Alex Atac from US news | The Guardian on (#76SFH)
Has the success of the US men's team - and hosting the World Cup - finally made Americans fall in love with football? With Guardian US soccer correspondent Jeff Rueter
For decades, the US has been unmoved by the charms of the beautiful game. As Guardian US soccer correspondent Jeff Rueter, a boyhood fan of the sport, explains, football in America was a ramshackle' affair - unloved, boring, a little alien.
But, Helen Pidd hears, things are beginning to change. The US men's national team is thriving in the World Cup they are hosting, and Americans are being won over by travelling football teams and fans, from the Scots in Boston to Algerians in Kansas
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