{"id":5883,"date":"2026-07-17T23:09:17","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T23:09:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bestusamoverss.com\/?p=5883"},"modified":"2026-07-17T23:09:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T23:09:17","slug":"can-world-cup-mania-grow-mls-in-the-u-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bestusamoverss.com\/?p=5883","title":{"rendered":"Can World Cup mania grow MLS in the U.S.?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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As the World Cup comes to a close, so does a massive real-time experiment happening just around the edges. Major League Soccer \u2013 the top men’s professional soccer league in the U.S. and Canada \u2013 has been scrambling to take advantage of this once-in-a-generation opportunity when average American sports fans suddenly cared a lot about soccer.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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In between World Cup matches, NPR Sports Correspondent Becky Sullivan has been following Major League Soccer executives as they try to figure out how best to get a foot in the door with sports fans in the U.S.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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