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The World's Game (According to Us)

By Austin Kelley

Wednesday, April 1, 2009

On Monday, U.S. Soccer announced that former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger had joined the U.S. World Cup bid committee. Kissinger, a lifelong soccer fan, helped organize the 1994 Cup, and his return to the sport has garnered its share of praise. The LA Times, sounding a bit like a jilted lover, proclaimed Kissinger "still more important to U.S. soccer than David Beckham." But the 85-year-old Kissinger is nothing if not controversial, so some American soccer fans could be excused if the ...

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