In Zurich yesterday, Britain's presentation was made by soccer star David Beckham, Prime Minister David Cameron and Prince William. The US was represented by Bill Clinton and Morgan Freeman. But today, the US and Britain today got kicked in the knees by Russia and Qatar, for the world's largest sporting event for 2018 and 2022. The president of FIFA, world soccer's governing body, announced, "We go to new lands." Jeré Longman is a sports reporter for the New York Times and author of The Girls of Summer: The US Women's Soccer Team and How It Changed the World.
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