We had grown up in the gray days of American soccer. We followed the NASL until it folded, watched the Major Indoor Soccer League on USA Network, and kept up with college soccer
Jamie Clary
Posted inSoccer America Daily
We supported the USA and Elvis
Any U.S. soccer fan remembered 1998. It was humiliating, especially when non-soccer friends would ask, “Did the U.S.A. really finish last?” The question was a dig at soccer. So, in 2002, we had very low expectations.