English soccer is booming in the US. While little threat to the mighty NFL, much

less the NBA or Major League Baseball, millions of Americans are increasingly

rabid fans of English clubs.

Almost half of the teams in England's top division, the Premier League,

are now American-owned, including Ipswich Town, which has had a fairy tale rise into the top tier since American

investors took over.

For a very personal perspective, we sent Special Correspondent Malcolm Brabant back to

Ipswich, his hometown, and to the stadium where he made his first ever

broadcast at the dawn of radio. Well, maybe a bit more recently than that. Oh, and it is football. He refuses to use the term

soccer because for a Brit that would be blasphemy. Here's Malcolm.

You may have Fenway Park, Yankee Stadium, the Rose Bowl, the Astrodome, but for me,

the Field of Dreams will always be Portman Road.

Chapman Burns again.

Another opportunity.

It burns!

It just has this real good family feel.

It's a lovely place to live.

It's a one-club town.

The club has got its footballing identity back again.

They were a towering partnership for both Ipswich and England, Russell Osman and Terry Butcher,

who famously shared blood for his country.

The whole counting loves watching him since its town football club play.

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