For the next 30 days, Los Angeles will become the crossroads of the soccer universe.
Thousands of fans from six continents will descend upon Southern California this week carrying flags, jerseys, drums, and dreams. Some will arrive from Switzerland. Others from Paraguay, Belgium, New Zealand and dozens of other nations hoping their team survives the sport’s biggest stage.
And they all will discover the same thing: Los Angeles is unlike any city on Earth.
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