There was something different about the crowd that filled Giants Stadium on June 19, 1999.
For one thing, it was the most people who had ever packed into the stadium for a sporting event — more than the New York Giants ever drew.
But what especially stood out about the sea of people who gathered to watch World Cup soccer was the sound of the crowd’s roar. It didn’t sound like a Giants game — there were old voices mixed with young ones, male voices and female voices alike.
That game at Giants Stadium was the opener of the 1999 Women’s World Cup, and the first step for the U.