World Cup fails to fan US football fever

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World Cup fails to fan US football fever
With football's World Cup just weeks away, the BBC's Jamie Coomarasamy visits a Major League Soccer match in Washington DC, to find out if footie fever has struck in a country where "football" is played by men in shoulder pads and helmets.

As the minutes ticked towards kick-off at the top-of-the-table clash between DC United and the Kansas City Wizards, the atmosphere at the RFK Stadium was closer to that of a school fete than that of any professional football game I have ever attended.

On the forecourt outside the pitch, there was a collection of small inflatable football pitches and bouncy castles, where queues of children had formed.

This was family-friendly football and, appropriately enough, the majority of those attending were families.

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