When Man Utd and Real Madrid set the US soccer attendance record in 2014
FIFA’s new Club World Cup has been taking place over the pond for the last few weeks, while several Premier League clubs – including Manchester United – are set to visit soon for pre-season.
Next summer, the US will host the FIFA World Cup, alongside neighbours Canada and Mexico, with international football’s most prestigious tournament returning to America for the first time since 1994.
Football, or ‘soccer’, has experienced a huge boom in popularity in the intervening years, with the creation of MLS and high-profile moves for the likes of David Beckham and Lionel Messi ramping up the excitement.
But, in 2014, it was United who, with the help of Real Madrid, carved out a piece of American footballing history that still stands to this day.
