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Is that the soccer thing?



Certainly is (although it's still generally called football over here). Here's the BBC report on the USA game http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/world_cup_2006/4852720.stm

It really is a BIG thing over here. When England played their first game last Saturday the streets were virtually deserted (at least they were where I live, and I should think that was fairly typical).