The World Cup attracts the most passionate and loyal fans in the world. Supporters from the United States, a country with a small but rising fan base, are out to prove that they are just as enthusiastic as any other country.
Rio de Janeiro has hosted four World Cup games so far, three of which included South American teams. The city has, at times, been swarmed by Argentines, Chileans and Ecuadoreans. But the strongest constant international presence here in Rio has been the Americans.
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Brazil, some say, is where the soul of football lives.