Maybe this World Cup will bring the best out of the US, not the worst | World Cup 2026
By: Barney Ronay in New York | Published: 2026-06-22 04:00:50 | Source: www.theguardian.com
One of the best parts of following football across the world is the way it drags you into special places, local shrines, objects of profound cultural connection. The US, of course, has these holy spaces too.
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The queue of pilgrims in Philadelphia on Thursday morning stretched down the sun-blasted steps to the plaza at the bottom. Edging forward, the people in their ritual colours approached…
