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Our City: Zlatan and the History of U.S. Soccer Antiheroes

Our City is a weekly column dedicated to the society and culture surrounding Orlando City, Major League Soccer, and U.S. Soccer.

If you went anywhere near an American soccer media outlet last week you were undoubtedly pelted with Zlatan Ibrahimoviu0107 hype. Understandably, as the Swede stepped onto the field for his debut just in time to rescue his new club, the LA Galaxy, with two glamorous goals to beat the upstarts from the other side of town, LAFC.

Zlatan has brought his larger-than-life personality to America at a time when domestic soccer needed a bit of a shot in the arm.