The US is the Future of Soccer
Is there a more unwelcome, entitled take than this?
I'm really struggling with my attitude towards the US.
We're not like you. And, honestly love, we don't want to be. Get used to it.
www.nytimes.com/2026/06/13/o...
Splendid long read by @jodyrosen.bsky.social
As a veteran of the US “soccer” (sic) dark ages in the 90s - tuning into BBC World Service commentary on shortwave, scouring Manhattan newsstands for yesterday’s Guardian - I got quite misty :)
www.nytimes.com/2026/06/13/o...
Re-up for my NYT "Guest Essay" (a term that still cracks me up) about the hows, whys, & wherefores of American soccer culture. Read it between the Brazil-Morocco final whistle & the Knicks tip-off
⚽️ “What would it take for the world’s most powerful country to get on board with #humanity’s favorite #sport?” Jody Rosen asks. He continues: “For better and — more to the point, perhaps — for worse, #Americans may not have joined soccer’s universe so much as #soccer has embraced America’s.”
