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Welcome to the weekend.

You might think you know the story of soccer in the United States. (Yes, most of the world calls it football.) When sports don鈥檛 feel culturally 鈥淎merican,鈥� buy-in never quite feels complete, even when big matches come to U.S. turf.

Today, a Monitor writer and photographer 鈥� World Cup megafans of British and Venezuelan heritage, respectively 鈥� lace into a deeper story: Soccer鈥檚 challenge in the U.S. today is less about winning mainstream appeal, and showing that American fandom is more than cosplay, than about reconciling immigrant identities with U.S. national-team loyalty. We went into the stands to learn more.

We also take you to an Irish homestead (in books) and into an essayist鈥檚 wry exploration of the difference between movies 鈥� and films.

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