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December 7th, 1941. The words of President Roosevelt captured the grim reality. Infamy was an understatement. The devastation wrought by the air forces of the Empire of Japan upon the American naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, was utter and catastrophic. The might of the U. S. Navy had been decimated, and Japanese imperialism seemed evermore ascendant. On the American mainland. The population was on edge, fearing an invasion that suddenly seemed imminent. But while the Americans reeled from the staggering blow, the man responsible for the greatest victory in Japanese military history was equally uneasy. Admiral Yamamoto, commander in chief of the Japanese fleet, had not agreed with the decision of his superiors in Tokyo to bring America into the war. His fears would prove to be well founded. Japan had indeed awoken a sleeping giant, and the bill would come do. Less than four years later, in the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, it's the world's game. From London to Rio to Johannesburg, billions of people play watch and dream of becoming the next Paillade Beckham or Ronaldo. The world knows it is football, but in America, soccer is still in abstraction. Though Mawr, American Children play soccer than any other sport. Interest in professional soccer lags far behind the NFL, baseball, basketball, ice hockey and stock car racing. In this episode of Behind the Lines, we explore why the wealthiest and most powerful nation on earth has so far proved immune to the charms of the game that has long captivated the rest of the world.