Remember Soccer??

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You know… that sport everybody suddenly became an expert on during the World Cup?

For a few glorious weeks, soccer was everywhere. People who couldn’t name three Premier League teams were wearing jerseys, arguing about VAR and explaining to their friends why their country had a chance to win it all.

And now?

The World Cup is over. The confetti has been cleaned up. The casual fans have gone back to football, basketball and baseball.

But here’s the thing: soccer isn’t going anywhere.

The Premier League kicks off this weekend, and for the hardcore soccer fans, this is basically Christmas morning.

Arsenal begins its title defense. Manchester City starts its first season without Pep Guardiola. Liverpool enters a new era without Mohamed Salah. Manchester United is hoping last season’s resurgence wasn’t a fluke. Chelsea has a new manager in Xabi Alonso. And that’s just scratching the surface.

The Premier League has storylines everywhere you look.

But there’s an interesting question for American sports fans:

Did the World Cup actually create new soccer fans, or did it just create temporary soccer fans?

That’s the challenge now.

It’s easy to watch the World Cup when your country is playing and the entire sports world is talking about it. It’s another thing entirely to wake up at 8:30 on a Saturday morning because your favorite English club is playing halfway across the world.

That’s where the Premier League comes in.

The World Cup introduced millions of Americans to soccer.

Now the Premier League has to convince them to stick around.

So, remember soccer??

Because it’s back.

And this time, there’s no World Cup excuse for disappearing until 2030.