This is a “must read”/hilarious/thought provoking/outrageous interview with Steven Wells of the Guardian and his view of the state of the US game and the view from England.

“The English for the most part desperately want soccer to fail in the US, and are both appalled and dumbfounded by the fact that it’s actually doing rather well…if we were ever to be consistently outclassed by the Yanks, that would really hurt. That would be like being beaten by your kid brother.”

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