Heading to the Cowboys’ 80,000-seat AT&T Stadium to watch USA-Jamaica and Mexico-Panama makes me think of Franklin Field and Texas Stadium — and the remarkable evolution of soccer in Dallas.
My youth soccer began in Dallas as a 6-year-old in 1970, after becoming infatuated with the sport while watching the 1970 World Cup on television during a summer visit to grandparents in Hamburg, Germany. That year, we were among the 1,900 fans who attended a Dallas Tornado friendly against Hertha Berlin at the 8,000-seat Franklin Field. It was my first pro soccer game, and we attended every Tornado home game from then on.
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