[CROWD COUNT] A crowd of 109,000 is expected Saturday at the Big House, home of University of Michigan football, when Manchester United faces Real Madrid. It willbreak the U.S. attendance record that has stood since the seminal event in modern American soccer: the 1984 Olympics. Here’s a look at the record U.S. crowds dating to 1926 when another touring club,SC Hakoah, set a record that lasted more than 50 years.

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