Ahead of the U.S. women’s national team’s final group-stage match against Portugal, pregame broadcasts showed long lines for World Cup merchandise at FIFA’s official fan festival on the Auckland waterfront. The selection on the shelves helped make the wait worth it — a well-stocked array of jerseys, T-shirts, hats, scarves, pins and plush penguins.
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Thousands of miles away, fans around the United States had spent the week watching the national team’s World Cup games from bars, city plazas and living rooms.