So, here we are, so far through the looking glass that we’re sitting down for dinner with the Mad Hatter, talking tactics with the Cheshire Cat and going through tournament predictions with the Queen of Hearts. A halftime show in the middle of a World Cup final – something so far removed from the origins of the sport that it feels delirious and almost unholy.
But that’s what football – yes, football – purists are going to have to deal with as this summer’s World Cup reaches its dramatic conclusion in New Jersey’s Meadowlands on July 19.
Global governing body FIFA confirmed Thursday that, for the first time, “football, music and social impact will come…