Sports Illustrated's Soccer Blog Blows Up, Just in Time for World Cup

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Sports Illustrated's Soccer Blog Blows Up, Just in Time for World Cup
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Here's one piece of evidence that soccer (http://mashable.com/category/sports-illustrated/?utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=)'s popularity is on the rise in the United States: Last September, Sports Illustrated (http://mashable.com/category/sports-illustrated/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), America's most iconic sports publication launched a blog called Planet Fútbol (http://soccer.si.com/), dedicated to covering the world's game

**w here's a piece of evidence the USA's burgeoning soccer fandom is at a fever pitch on the eve of the 2014 World Cup (http://mashable.com/category/world-cup/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss): Planet Fútbol on Tuesday will graduate to full-on website status, joining The Monday Morning Quarterback (MMQB), Sports Illustrated's NFL-focused site that launched ahead of the 2013 (American) football season

See also: The Definitive World Cup Preview (in Haiku Form) (http://mashable.com/2014/05/25/world-cup-preview-all-groups/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss) Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/06/02/world-cup-planet-futbol-sports-illustrated/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)


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