Some decent pub quiz trivia: in terms of average attendance, the 1994 World Cup was the most-watched tournament in history. And in terms of leaving a legacy, it is hard to think of a more successful sporting event in the last generation. Ramos is old enough to remember the amateur days of the US team in the 1980s: “It was very small, very much like a club team. At the time, the financial side of the federation was not in a good place. Then in around 1992, 1993, we beat England, we lost 4-3 to Germany, we beat Ireland, Portugal, Italy. The players felt for the first time like we could compete.”