of winning it. >> i can't believe, in fact, they chose a country the size of connecticut with one city. what we did in 1994 being the best attempted world cup, i mean, even to this day no other world cup has been more attended than the u.s. 1994. so i'm very shocked. >> reporter: the u.s. fans were baffled, really, because they say the united states is stadium ready. they don't have to build all the facilities, the transportation is here. the huge demographic spread of interests from different countries, immigrants, people here, ready to root for not just the united states. so they're unhappy, though. tony, they acknowledge it was likely the soccer authorities wanted to take the sport to a new area, the middle east, where the world cup has never been held. >> yeah, but we need to continue to grow soccer here in the states. that is disappointing. richard, appreciate it. richard roth for us in new