Cincinnati vs LA Galaxy: How a Rust-Belt Suburb Took on Hollywood’s Soccer Monopoly—and Won the Internet’s 15-Minute Attention Span
CINCINNATI, Ohio — Somewhere between the Ohio River and the smog-soaked hills of Los Angeles, two professional football clubs met on a humid Midwestern night to remind the rest of the planet that the United States still insists on calling the game “soccer.” The occasion—FC Cincinnati versus the LA Galaxy—was billed locally as a “crucial…