“When it comes to sports, one of the stubbornest examples of American exceptionalism is the use of the word ‘soccer.’ Some six billion people around the world have chosen to call it ‘football.’ We don’t care. But in recent months, this sport—the one with the ball and the net—has taken a few steps forward. As Major League Soccer, the leading American professional league, holds its All-Star game Wednesday at Rio Tinto Stadium in Utah, there is growing evidence that America’s parochial attitude toward this game is quickly fading.” (WSJ)