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Attending a World Cup game in person, an event that carries global magnitude and resonance, means cycling through several potential mental states. Prior to Team USA’s game on Saturday in Seattle, I entertained the possibility that the whole extravaganza would fail to live up to its planet-size hype. Because, my thinking went, how could it even begin to do so? When the whole world is watching—and, specifically, in a country where soccer is, on its best day, America’s fourth most popular…
