Column: Seeing World Cup in Texas in person is experience of a lifetime

ARLINGTON, TX — The World Cup in person is joyously, wonderfully loud and colorful. That was the first, most obvious thing to notice when England took on Croatia at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, where the most anticipated match of the group stage ended up being the best match of the group stage (a 4-2 English victory on June 17). I got there because a friend did something I failed to do and won FIFA’s ticket lottery, in the process paying $250 per ticket in an area of the stadium where people around us paid upwards of $2,000 through third-party outlets.…