Dave Hanratty

But it was just a broader point they were making about the LA experience.

And I suspect it's the case right across America.

And these are difficult questions, I think, for any one journalist to answer, because you can only speak of recent times to Boston, where I know the Scots have obviously taken over and you've been in Atlanta.

But I suspect it's true right across America or in the main.

And the piece was just making the point that actually because really America is made up of the masses around the world.

that basically every single country already has a ready-made fan base, you know, of first, second, third generation, whichever it may be.

So actually it was saying there was this kind of, you know, cacophony of colour.

Iranians everywhere, huge Iranian population in LA, as people know.

But, you know, all countries, when all matches are on, the pubs are full and they're full of Argentinian jerseys when the Argentinian match is on.

They're full of...

Saudi Arabian jerseys when the Saudi Arabia matches on, etc.

So actually, in that sense, it's one of the great things about America, ironically, given the current immigration situation, that it's just already a melting pot.

It's already kind of, you know, each game in each city is almost unleashing a kind of World Cup carnival atmosphere.

Again, that was one journalist writing in one article and journalists can exaggerate things because, you know, it needs to fit the kind of general thrust of the piece.

But I sort of thought, yeah, that tallies.

I could see how that would be the case in America of all places.

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