But US television showed an enormous crowd of fans in Kansas City following the US-Belgium match on a large outdoor screen. It was not quite the equivalent of the final match between Italy and France in 2006, when virtually every small Italian town turned out to watch on the main square; but Americans all over the country spent the month ducking out of work and into sports bars.
当然，阿斯彭是美国最富的社区之一，或许并不能代表美国总体情况。但从电视屏幕上我们可以看到，在美国和比利时比赛期间，堪萨斯城露天巨幕电视周围聚集了大量人群。2006年意大利和法国的决赛就没有出现这样的情景，当时，意大利几乎所有小镇都是万人空巷，大家聚集在广场看比赛；而纵观美国，人们只不过是在下班后涌入体育酒吧。