France 98, organization of vs USA 94

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>From an editorial in the August issue of Soccer World. I don't know if this
is true, but it's titillating to read that a government can be thought of
as efficient.

"Organisation on the ground was excellent. Partly this was due to the
nature of French commercial life, in which many key sectors are subject to
major state involvement. This makes the meshing necessary for the World Cup
easier to achieve, because telecommunications, local government, education,
broadcasting, postal service and all the other necessary sectors get their
heads - and their acts together.

For all the general excellence of organisation in the United States in
1994, it lacked the sense of co-operative togetherness of France 98.
America is organised in a much more commercially independent manner."