GREEN BAY – On a sticky and stormy Saturday night, two of the world’s most recognizable soccer powers invaded Lambeau Field, a bastion of American football like no other.
It was a clash of sporting cultures. The Beautiful Game played in a town filled with fans of so-called real football.
And it was glorious.
When Manchester City, the English Premier League defending champion, took on Bayern Munich, the German Bundesliga defending champion, at perhaps America’s most-iconic stadium, there was an energy and atmosphere reserved for only the biggest of Green Bay Packers games.
Make no mistake, though, these weren’t Packers fans dressed up as soccer fans.