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How to choose a World Cup team when the US isn't contending

  • Written by Francisco Javier López Frías, Assistant Professor of Kinesiology, Pennsylvania State University
Fans hold banners and cheer, as the U.S. team takes the field for a World Cup qualifying soccer match against Panama, Oct. 6, 2017, in Orlando, Fla.AP Photo/John Raoux

After the U.S. men’s soccer team failed to qualify for the 2018 World Cup, the question about which team to root for has become commonplace among American soccer fans. To help...

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