Friday, July 11, 2014

The Day Soccer Came to the U.S.

It took a football star to bring soccer to the mainstream. The year was 1994. The United States was hosting the FIFA World Cup, and during a commercial break during the first U.S. match to be played on home soil (against Switzerland), Powerade decided to tap the Super Bowl-winning Deion Sanders to tell Americans that soccer was the next big thing.
The Day Soccer Came to the U.S.

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