Author: Ron Walker

Alan Rothenberg had a vision: A World Cup so enticing it could convince the USA – and the world – that the country could fall in love with football.A vision to use the greatest sporting show on earth to win over a culture which had never shied away from the spotlight, but had never taken to the beautiful game. A vision which was certainly bold for a man sat in a portable cabin in Colorado Springs alongside all six of his full-time staff. It was the summer of 1990 and Rothenberg had just been elected chief of the US Soccer…