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World Cup USA : Bosnians in St. Louis, MO Posted on Monday, June 16 at 9:52am

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By Douglas Zimmerman

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World Cup USA : Bosnians in St. Louis, MO

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St. Louis Cardinals bas eball fan Daryl Schaetty is s urrounded by Bos nia-Herzegovina fans watch the Bos nia vs . Argentina firs t round World Cup m atch on the big s creen at Ballpark Village in downtown St. Louis .

Soccer is a passion for many Bosnians and for thousands of Bosnians in St. Louis on Sunday it was a day of celebration as their country played its first ever World Cup match against Argentina. St. Louis has the largest Bosnian community per-capita outside of Europe, estimated to number between 40,000-70,000. Many live in “Little Bosnia,” a neighborhood lined with Bosnian cafes, restaurants and bakeries in South St. Louis. Many of the Bosnian Americans in St. Louis arrived as refugees from the ethnic wars that engulfed the former Bosnia -Her zegov ina fa ns w a tch th e Bosnia v s. Yugoslavia in the 1990′s. A r gentina fir st r ou nd Wor ld Cu p m a tch on th e Thousands of Bosnian fans gathered big scr een a t Ba llpa r k V illa ge in dow ntow n St. all over St. Louis to cheer on their Lou is. (Dou gla s Zim m er m a n) national team. Despite falling down 20, Bosnian-American and St. Louisan Vedad Ibisevic scored a goal late in the game to keep the hopes alive of all Bosnian fans in St. Louis, and around the world, that the team will advance to the second round of the World Cup.

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