David Beckham has played a massive part in putting soccer on its way to becoming America's No1 sport according to top officials there.
It might have been an unthinkable statement a few years back but all the graphs are pointing to soccer kicking the likes of American football, baseball and ice hockey into the sidings.
They host the 2026 World Cup with attendance records for the competition being shattered already being taken as a formality.
Four years on from FIFA's Qatar experiment in 2022, the States are ready to put on an absolute showstopper. The 23rd World Cup will be shared between North America, Canada and Mexico with Portland Timbers' owner Merritt Paulson declaring that a new 'live' attendance will be set, smashing the one the