Star-Spangled Soccer

Gary Hopkins

A chapter in Star-Spangled Soccer, 2010, pp 1-5 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract As the trains started to arrive, it was clear something special and momentous was happening. Painted faces, flags over their shoulders, banners waving, thousands upon thousands of soccer fans singing, laughing, chanting, roaring their support and proudly stating their presence. Hour by hour the streets, bars and restaurants filled with these marauding masses: songs echoed, cheers went up, the banter and laughter was non-stop: to and fro with the opposing fans, standing their ground, giving better than they were getting, fearless and proud, passionate and fervent, friendly yet watchful. At 1pm the roar that went up was a deafening and almost surreal wall of sound: USA!… USA!… USA!… — not necessarily original but stirringly powerful.

Keywords: National Football League; Major League Baseball; National Team; Global Game; American Sport (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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DOI: 10.1007/978-0-230-27804-2_1

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