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No longer isolated from the global game
Washington Times ^ | Thursday, June 20, 2002 | Austin Bay

Posted on 06/19/2002 11:19:06 PM PDT by JohnHuang2

Edited on 07/12/2004 3:54:49 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

Fortress Pigskin and Fortress Horsehide haven't fallen. Football and baseball are doing quite well in North America. However, the forts' moats aren't what they were, especially after the U.S. soccer victory over Mexico last Monday in World Cup competition. That's more than the biggest win in American soccer history. It marks the end of "sport isolationism."


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Thursday, June 20, 2002

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