“In the big picture it’s not going to mean the difference between soccer ‘making it’ or not in this country, but the problem is that every four years with the Olympics and every four years with theWorld Cup, there’s a unique opportunity to showcase our sport and showcase our team. And we’re losing that. We lost that last Olympics, and we lost that this Olympics. There are a lot of casual fanswho don’t normally watch soccer. And they would’ve been tuning in.”

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