The Expanded 48-Team World Cup Will Be Nearly Unrecognizable
via frontofficesports.com
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When FIFA first brought the World Cup to the U.S. in 1994, it was making a long-term bet that America would eventually become a soccer country. Among FIFA’s conditions was that the U.S. would launch a professional domestic league, which led to the creation of Major League Soccer in 1996. It proved a smart wager, […]