BERKELEY, CA. – The flashing electronic bulletin board on College Avenue read “SOCCER EVENT.” Berkeley Police closed off main roads a mile out from California Memorial Stadium an hour before Real Madrid was to play Inter Milan in a fake soccer game as part of the International Champions Cup, a fake soccer tournament. The atmosphere in Berkeley was similar to Cal football gamedays; frat types postured and drank loudly, scalpers tried to glower their way into excess tickets, and stressed-out families struggled to keep their brood from vibrating apart. It could have been anywhere, but it was here. I went to SOCCER EVENT, to watch a Spanish team led by a Welsh star play a team from Italy led by an Argentine star, in a tournament sponsored by an Irish beer, at a stadium built with California state money, with a group of Mexico fans. Top teams have been chartering transnational preseason tours for decades. In 1968, Pele’s team, Santos, traveled from Brazil to New York City to play Napoli in front of 43,000. It’s a famous game that foreshadowed structural changes to the way big club teams spend their offseasons. Back in the Maradona era, domestic league play lasted…