1994: What is the future of football in America?

"The only way to make Americans love the game, is to make the game American."

As part of the deal to host the FIFA World Cup, the USA was required to set up a professional football league the following year. There were some contrasting views on how best to sell the beautiful game to the American market after some failed attempts in the past.

Clip taken from Standing Room Only: Soccer, Stars and Strips, originally broadcast on BBC Two, 15 June 1994.

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