NEW YORK (AP) - The United States Soccer Federation thinks the election of President Barack Obama will help persuade FIFA to award the 2018 or 2022 World Cup to the United States.
"Given everything that, frankly, President Obama has said, everything he stands for, everything he's talked about in terms of reaching out to the world," federation president Sunil Gulati said Monday, "that trying to bring the global game to the United States and opening our borders up for a festival of 32 countries and hundreds of thousands of people from all corners of the world would be viewed in a very positive way."
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