If you needed any proof of the difference this year’s World Cup has made in this country, check out the video, after the jump, outside Jack Demsey’s Pub on 33rd Street — the official meeting place of the American Outlaws USA Soccer fan club — right after the USA beat Algeria 1–0 to win Group C. This is what Yankee Stadium was like after the Yankees won the World Series last year … except this was at noon on a Wednesday, and this one has “The Star-Spangled Banner.”
(Video shot by Ben Muschel.)