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The World Cup final was minutes away. How much would it cost to get in?

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Albert Samaha EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Kickoff was a mere three hours away, and Edson Rodrigues still didn't have his tickets. Rodrigues, 24, was outside the gates of MetLife Stadium with his friends from Bilbao, Spain, all draped in red in a sea of Argentina blue. He didn't have to ask around for long before he found someone looking to sell. The man in the Argentina jersey was offering nosebleeds for $7,000 apiece. They went back and forth, friendly but firm.
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Priced out, World Cup visitors fell for cheap, greasy American food

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Albert Samaha Soccer fans from around the world have poured into the United States for the World Cup, delighting Americans with giddy social media reviews of American culture, an exotic offering of big-box stores, sprawling rest stops and state-of-the-art stadiums. The Brazilians perused Target; the newly minted German influencer Freddy road-tripped through the South; Moroccans celebrated their new favorite NBA team, the New York Knicks, winning a title.
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English fans thought they were soccer-mad. Then they went to Mexico.

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MEXICO CITY - The lads found one another in the Estadio Azteca concourse, a small block of white England jerseys amid the streaming packs of Mexico green. This was an unfamiliar position. At every previous match this World Cup, they had overwhelmed stadiums with their legions, drowned them out with their chants. But not today, not here, at the historic stadium where their Three Lions would face off with the hometown team in the most hostile conditions imaginable.
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