World Cup Permeates Mainstream America

Christopher Harris
A United States fan shows his support before the first half of the Gold Cup semifinals against Honduras at Cowboys Stadium, Wednesday, July 24, 2013, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Brandon Wade)
© APA United States fan shows his support before the first half of the Gold Cup semifinals against Honduras at Cowboys Stadium, Wednesday, July 24, 2013, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Brandon Wade)

Did my civic duty today and went to jury duty. I almost fainted when the woman running the jury duty, who was American as apple pie, opened up with some chit chat to the jury pool and said “That was good news about the Shuttle launch yesterday. And what about that soccer game? What an exciting match that was for any of you who missed it.” She was referring to the Italy against Germany match.

Soccer in America is definitely making in-roads into the mainstream. Little by little…

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