America loves World Champions.
Baseball has The World Classic, NFL crowns its version at the Superbowl, and the NBA finds theirs after a grueling season.
However, this summer all these local events fade into insignificance when you realize that every country on this planet will be talking about, reading, and watching THE World Cup no exceptions!
Its taken time for a country that exports its culture to import the Worlds favorite game. Even in 1994, those funny men running on grass in silk pyjamas did not catch John Does imagination in Americas heartland.
So whats all the fuss about every four years when the world goes crazy and falls into a footballing trance while America carries on with their summer sports?
Well, The World Cup embodies more than a team trying to win. Footballers transform into warriors national heroes and the football pitch becomes more than a piece of turf, its a battleground for global supremacy.
The World Cup is the only event where a team represents a country and 100% of its population gets behind them and lives every kick, breathes every goal, and cries at every defeat.
As one famous British manager once...