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How a Warm World Cup Welcome Is Endearing the US to Fans

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In an image provided by the Dallas Host Committee, Watering equipment and LED lighting for the sod for the FIFA World Cup, at Dallas Stadium. Every match must be played on natural grass that gives players as consistent a surface as possible, no matter the venue. Cue the years of sod studies. (Dallas Host Committee via The New York Times)

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