Footy in the US is a summer sport. It's a complete 180 from the climate in Australia, where it is dead in the middle of their winter and that's where the game thrives.
That's why the game here is a completely different beast, and last Saturday in Nashville the winners were those who could handle not just the teams in front of them but the neigh-triple digit temps that greeted them at Metro Soccer Complex. With planes landing at Nashville International behind them, 13 teams from the breadth and width of the Midwest came in search of a cup.
