CORAL GABLES, Fla. — The USA vs. England World Cup game was still an hour away and the sidewalk plaza outside Fritz & Franz Bierhaus in Coral Gables was jam-packed with soccer fans, most of them in red, white, and blue.
Some went all out and came dressed as U.S. historical icons — George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Ben Franklin and the Statue of Liberty.
A crowd of nearly 1,500 was expected to stop by the popular soccer gathering spot Friday afternoon; and Austrian owner Harald Neuweg, who happened to be celebrating his birthday, was prepared for his brew pub’s biggest soccer party in quite some time.
