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Vote: | Former U.S. Soccer secretary general Hank Steinbrecher and others spoke to my wife and son about and asked their permission, and they granted their permission without asking me. I don't know if it's appropriate, but I am honored. |
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Vote: | He is not someone who went off to play in Europe and only a few Americans follow. He has the potential to be on magazine covers and more newspaper coverage. |
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Vote: | I get asked this a lot: Why has soccer not succeeded? My answer is, soccer has succeeded. It is already the fastest growing youth participation sport in the U.S. It has already succeeded at the youth level, no question. |
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Vote: | I have no doubts that it will be a major sport-in the United States. I'm probably not going to live to see that day because Americans are a little afraid of getting interested in something at which they're not very good. |
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Vote: | I saw the U.S. game and the street scenes were unbelievable. That was the greatest atmosphere I've ever felt at a sporting event. Part of it was the stunning stadium in Daegu, but it was mostly the fans. |
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Vote: | I think the game has an enormous spectator appeal that dwarfs all American sports because it is so international. |
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Vote: | The boys prep school I attended, the Hill School in Pottstown, Pa., had a varsity soccer team. I knew very little about soccer at the time, however, because it was the same season as our football, a sport that I played. |
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Vote: | The equality of play was a surprise-it was the most competitive race in the seven-year history of MLS. |
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Vote: | The most difficult part of the trip was the logistics - planes, trains, a rental car, taxis, buses, subways, lots of walking, we did it all. |
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Vote: | The stadiums are like none I've ever seen. I think there must have been some strong competition nationally between Korea and Japan to make the best facilities because they are very well designed. |
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Vote: | We literally had all 10 teams alive for a playoff position in the final week of the season. That outstanding balance and those close races created a major surge in attendance in the last month of the season. |
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Vote: | We're looking at ideas to remodel Arrowhead Stadium. It's 30 years old and it's not a good American soccer stadium. We're looking at ways to improve Arrowhead-which is oriented for NFL games--for our spectators. |
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Vote: | Well, we've made huge strides since the 1990 World Cup, USA '94, and obviously since '98. Unfortunately, those strides only register with the public once every four years. |
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Vote: | You can't compare a Super Bowl crowd, which tends to be more polite and a little more neutral to that. The Super Bowl only has 7,000 to 8,000 fans for each team. |
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Lamar Hunt, born August 2, 1932 in El Dorado, Arkansas, is one of the most influential sports promoters in the United States.
The son of oil tycoon H. L. Hunt, Lamar Hunt is a 1956 graduate of The Hill School and Southern Methodist University with a B.S. degree in geology. A college football player and avid sports enthusiast, in 1959 he applied for an National Football League expansion franchise. Refused, Hunt helped organize the American Football League. Lamar Hunt had a dream . . . to bring professional football to Texas and to American markets that had a yearning for the game in places other than the traditional Northeast. In fulfilling that dream, Hunt gave life to the league that contributed considerably to the modern concept of professional football: the American Football League.
Football As his head coach of the Dallas Texans/Kansas City Chiefs for the entire ten-year history of the AFL, he chose Hall-of-Famer-to-be Hank Stram. Hunt encouraged, entreated, wheedled, and cajoled seven other like-minded men to form a league that would forever leave its mark on American football. (One of them, fellow Texan Bud Adams of Houston, had likewise tried and failed to be granted an NFL franchise.) Unlike previous pro football competitors to the NFL which had often tried to build around the popularity of a few star players and otherwise fill out rosters with men of minor talents, the AFL had teams with solid-quality professional-level players who for one reason or another had been ignored or released by the teams of the older league. (One reason frequently cited, often behind the scenes, was racism — many AFL stars were players from historically black colleges and universities.) Coaches and owners new to the pro game often brought new ideas, excitement, and color to AFL cities while other pro football towns watched a older league which was often dominated by conservative, ground-oriented play-calling.
Before his team capped off the league's existence with an upset victory over a hugely favored opponent, it was Hunt who approved the ten-year AFL patch they wore, commemorating the ten years of existence of the American Football League. AFL fans appreciate Lamar Hunt for his foresight and perseverance. He became the first American Football League personage to be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1972. The trophy presented to each year's AFC Champions is named the Lamar Hunt Trophy in his honor.
He was inducted into the Texas Sports Hall of Fame in 1984, and is a member of the American Football League Hall of Fame.
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