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The real reason behind the attendance issues for the USA World Cup Qualifier

Related Topics: United States

If Columbus has always turned out for the USA, why isn't the game sold out.

The United States Men's National Team is up against it. The loss in Guatemala was a big setback, but the team is coming back to the dependably, satunchly partisan crowd in Columbus. Home, a packed house fully behind the Americans.

Or not.

There was some of the usual handwringing about attendance. Is it fans rebuking a struggling United States team or is it a soft market that struggles to turn out for a non marquis game? Both answers are unsatisfying given recent history.