John Riordan: The North Carolina teenage dream that gave voice to the world's game

22 million subscribers believed in the football brothers who saw opportunity in what was once dismissed as a European sport

22 million subscribers believed in the football brothers who saw opportunity in what was once dismissed as a European sport

There are many threads to pull out of the upbringing enjoyed by US soccer entrepreneurs Mike and Brendan Moylan to try and explain the forward thinking niche they carved out for themselves at the right time, over and over again.

You could go back to the dairy business forged out by their first generation Irish-American grandfather who catered to fellow early 20th century immigrants similarly cast out by the rest of society. North Carolina is home now but their large family moved far and wide, west from Boston to Seattle, south to San Antonio and north to Wisconsin.