{"id":75128,"date":"2026-06-20T15:55:38","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T20:55:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/20\/take-me-home-why-country-roads-has-struck-a-chord-at-the-world-cup\/"},"modified":"2026-06-20T15:55:38","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T20:55:38","slug":"take-me-home-why-country-roads-has-struck-a-chord-at-the-world-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/20\/take-me-home-why-country-roads-has-struck-a-chord-at-the-world-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"Take me home: why Country Roads has struck a chord at the World Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>John Denver\u2019s classic has been belted out during US matches at this tournament. Its appeal lies in the story it tells about a united America<\/p>\n<p>Lumen Field was designed for a moment like Friday\u2019s. Under a blue sky dotted with clouds, the US men\u2019s national team celebrated their victory over Australia with a lap around the stadium to thank their fans for creating a worthy atmosphere.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve reported from four matches so far at this World Cup and the set list remains largely the same, no matter the venue. You\u2019ll hear Dai Dai and Seven Nation Army. The growing boos that accompany the onset of a hydration break will be drowned out by Livin\u2019 On A Prayer.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/2026\/jun\/20\/take-me-home-country-roads-world-cup-usmnt\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John Denver\u2019s classic has been belted out during US matches at this tournament. Its appeal lies in the story it tells about a united America Lumen Field was designed for a moment like Friday\u2019s. Under a blue sky dotted with clouds, the US men\u2019s national team celebrated their victory over Australia with a lap around &#8230; <a title=\"Take me home: why Country Roads has struck a chord at the World Cup\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/20\/take-me-home-why-country-roads-has-struck-a-chord-at-the-world-cup\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Take me home: why Country Roads has struck a chord at the World Cup\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-75128","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75128","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75128"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75128\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}