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The most surprising winner of the World Cup was American public transit

World Cup fans en route to a Scotland vs. Haiti match in Boston. | Erin Clark/The Boston Globe Much like its indifference toward soccer, America’s aversion to public transport has made it a global anomaly, an oddity encapsulated by the nation’s sacred pre-game pastime: the tailgate. Here in the US, celebrating sports means driving your big car to a colossal suburban gridiron football stadium, where you’ll grill, baby, grill until the smoky scents of burgers and bratwurst float across vast plains of asphalt. So entrenched is the nation’s car culture that the average American spends ab...