Pelé, the Brazilian football king, often and fondly emphasized: "An African team will win the World Cup one day, you'll see!" When the United States hosted the championship for the first time thirty-two years ago, it was expected that a major soccer boom would take place there as well, and that the most self-confident country in the world would soon turn into a...
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Pelé, the Brazilian football king, often and fondly emphasized: "An African team will win the World Cup one day, you'll see!" When the United States hosted the championship for the first time thirty-two years ago, it was expected that a major soccer boom would take place there as well, and that the most self-confident country in the world would soon turn into a...