we have don garber, major league soccer commissioner. t the buoyancy you feel teams here in the united states, don, have really gotten since the world cup? >> first i appreciate the opportunity to chat with you guys. liz: sure. >> last night we had a game in seattle, the seattle sounders played the portland timbers. 64,000 people attended that game. and on, espn and we got a good television rating. we expect a bit of a bounce. you don't expect that this tide is going to continue to rise. our challenge is convert all those people that were connected to the world cup into being mls fans. deal with marketing and promotion. most importantly, liz, having those players that start in the u.s. national team coming back to the mls teams like happened last night with clint dempsey and connecting the dots between the world's biggest tournament with the world's biggest sport and hopefully a sport and league here in this country that will continue to grow. liz: i can tell you what i think really did it, tim howard the goalie. >> what a man. liz: what

. >> reporter: don garber is the commissioner of major league soccer. >> people are crowding at the barss. and there's like collective breath that's being held for 90 minutes. >> reporter: even president obama has gotten in on the action. tuning in from air force one and sending well wishes from the white house. >> i want to wish the u.s. team a lot of luck in the game that. >> reporter: and the momentum building in the victory over ghana. and hasn't let up. ♪ even when the u.s. lost to germany last week the team and its supporters still came away winners. and more die-hard fans are born with each match, soccer lovers around the world are taking notice. >> this is a special moment for this sport. you got to seize those moments. and you really have to hop on this while you can because you never know when this moment's going to come back. >> reporter: throughout the course of this world cup we've been hearing how the united states doesn't really embrace soccer as much as the rest of the world. but you know there is one interesting tidbit to share with you. last week's match for the united