"Was a 2-0 win against Spain a game-changing moment for the sport of soccer in the United States?"
Yes, for the next 48 hours until we get smoked by Brazil and everything goes back to normal. I've heard this hundreds of times--after our run in the 2002 World Cup, after we beat Brazil in a friendly a couple years ago, after David Beckham came to America, etc. Unlike Europe, the only soccer team that anyone in the United States has a vested interest in is the national team. Because of this, soccer's popularity in the US is, and will continue to be, directly correlated with their success. So while we're all excited today, this will all be a distant memory come Sunday when we lose to Brazil. Let's be real, soccer (and lacrosse) will always be a secondary sport in America because the only people who care about it are skinny white dudes (picture above excluded).
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