Quandaries will be commonplace Friday when the U.S. plays England at the World Cup, a sign of how deeply embedded Premier League fandom has become in the Chicago area.
Many teams have official fan clubs here, and supporters pack designated bars on weekend mornings when the games begin across the Atlantic.
Goalkeeper Matt Turner of the United States clears the ball away with a header during the World Cup, group B soccer match between the United States and Wales, at the Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium in Doha, Qatar, on Nov. 21, 2022. “I’m not rooting for one player or another,” he said. “Whoever performs well for the U.S. is paramount.”Arsenal, a team based in North London, has three players on the England squad, including Bukayo Saka, who scored twice in the team’s 6-2 thrashing of Iran Monday. Saka is among the most beloved Arsenal players, and Dili Yang, head of the supporters club Chicago Gooners, said that makes it hard to root against him, even though she’d like to see the U.S. team do well.
For Ben Foster, a Tottenham fan so devoted he has served on the board of the Chicago supporters’ group, there is no predicament. Country comes before club. Fellow Spurs fan Andy Juvan is also pulling for the U.S., but not at the expense of Tottenham players.
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