WORLD CUP USA '94 / THE FIRST ROUND : SPOTLIGHT : JUST SHOE IT

By JULIE CART

July 1, 1994 12 AM PT

This from a shoe company:

“July 4th is obviously a historic day in the United States, as Americans around the world celebrate Independence Day. This year, however, July 4th has even greater international significance as an entire world of soccer players, fans and enthusiasts will celebrate the birth of the screw-in stud.”

It makes us so proud.

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Julie Cart

Julie Cart is a former environmental reporter for the Los Angeles Times, where she’s also been a sportswriter and a national correspondent. In 2009, Cart and colleague Bettina Boxall won the Pulitzer Prize for explanatory reporting. She left The Times in 2015.

WORLD CUP USA ’94 / THE FIRST ROUND : SPOTLIGHT : JUST SHOE IT

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