1994 World Cup

For the first time a World Cup was going to be played outside Europe or Latin America. The choice of the United States was especially bold because its own professional soccer league had collapsed a few years earlier and there was considerable speculation whether the crowds would turn up. In Pic: Members of Brazil`s winning World Cup team parade around the Rose Bowl field in Pasadena, California on July 17, 1994, after they defeated Italy in a penalty shootout.

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