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For all the sturm and drang of the last couple weeks about the U.S. being grouped and MLS blown out of the CWC, the U.S. clinched advancement after two games and MLS has shown well in the CWC, even beating Porto. Maybe some of these social media accounts should consider actually watching soccer instead of just pontificating about things they pay no attention to?
It's just a matter of time before the CWC becomes the premier tournament everywhere in the world, outside of Europe. It's hard to imagine two weeks ago I would care about Botafogo winning a game, but then it happened.