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As FanHouse colleague Brian Staus has more than adequately pointed out, the 2000s were a bellwether decade for soccer in America both on and off the field.
We saw the U.S. make a run to the quarterfinals of the 2002 World Cup, then seven years later we saw Bob Bradley (right) and his troops defeat mighty Spain and push Brazil to the brink in the Confederations Cup, helping to wash away some of the disappointments of the disaster of the 2006 World Cup.
We saw the addition of three soccer-centric channels on cable and satellite television. We saw MLS pushed to the brink of collapse, only to find its footing through smart expansion and the high-profile acquisitions of some big-name international players and that Beckham fellow. We saw a pipeline of Americans exported to Europe and a cadre of rich Americans snapping up some of the most storied clubs in English football.
And that’s only scratching the surface.
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