America’s growing embrace of soccer reflects some important ways in which the US has “joined” the world. For starters, both the US team and the US audience for soccer derive their growing strength from immigrants – many from countries where the sport is a national passion.
美国人对足球热情日渐高涨反映了美国“加入”世界的某些重要方式。首先，美国队和美国足球观众受移民推动很大——其中许多移民来自全民热爱体育的国家。