Michael Starr - Public Figure
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DNight. World Cup finally makes soccer popular in US
US tv viewers have finally dis covered what the rest of the world has know
[more...]n for years -- this soccer stuff is really exciting.
The success of the scrappy US team has helped, especially Wednesday's amazing 1-0 "added time" victory over Algeria, which propelled the US into the Cup's second round and snared 6.1 million viewers on ESPN -- the most-watched and highest-rated soccer game in the network's history.
Even more remarkable is that the game started at 10 a.m. -- and those numbers don't include people watching in offices, bars, etc.