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Our great nation confronts a ruthless international foe today. coordinated attackers set on achieving the goals. belgium! yes, team usa faces belgium this afternoon. 4:00 p.m. eastern time. americans are actually watching. america's matches this month among the most watched events nonfootball in espn's history. this is the site of a hot viewing party in washington, d.c. people are filing in. and head lines are blairing accordingly finally this time football arrived in america. or has it? we haven't yet seen in numbers outside of a world cup season. major league soccer averaged 174,000 viewers....

From local sources. and i think that was a strength. it was one of the reasons why it came back so quickly and i think the three prizes that they now have taken from their conquest in iraq are money from mosul, arms from the iraqi military, and new operatives from the releases from the prisons. so they're definitely much stronger now than they were a month ago. >> andrew, there's new numbers on american public opinion on the threat and more and more people agreeing according to a new christian science monitor poll it's a big threat. 69% of americans saying the u.s. doesn't have a clear respons...

Play? >> well, at a time when things continue to deteriorate in iraq, it is all the more important that our foreign policy be very clear and have no ambiguity as to what our goals are, and unfortunately, the president's policies at best are timid and fractured which if you -- msnbc even did a story last week given the disapproval of the president on foreign policy, could it cause democrats races this fall? certainly is hard for him to rally his support when people don't know what his policy even is and timid and people don't understand it. for example, when he talked about sending in combat tr...

Anything like that. but it could compete with hockey some point with the top tier type of athletes. unfortunately, why would you come to the u.s. and not -- make thousands when you can stay in spain, have your own villa and making millions and millions of euros and having the beautiful women -- >> this is luke's life plan. >> rather play in madrid than kansas city. i don't fault them for that. >> going back to you, bruce. we have seen this sport evolve over time. do you think it needs to actually have some more changes in its rules to appeal to americans? one of the complaints you hear over an...

He played the game. his kids are playing the game. mls is building soccer specific stadiums attracting more people, selling out games. david beckham taken over a team in miami as an owner. all the things point to the growth of soccer in the united states. >> luke, you know, even the casual soccer fan knows david beckham. but it's hard for a lot of americans to name others. do you think it's a sport in need of stars to resonate with americans? >> it needs more stars and elevate the play and mls. does that occur with giving perhaps bigger contracts, figuring out how to get the premier players to...