​FRISCO — Emmitt Smith expects American sports fans to learn from World Cup travelers who’ve celebrated the beautiful game and the United States.“Hopefully we become a lot more friendlier with each other,” Smith said. “The fans have a chance now to see how the world celebrates their teams.”AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementSmith joined the Men in Blazers Match Day Live! pregame show at Frisco Square Tuesday afternoon, ahead of Spain’s 2-0 win over France in the World Cup semifinal.Smith has enjoyed the fanfare of the tournament. He wants NFL supporters to carry the same passion and tradition that travelers have displayed in North Texas for the past month.“Whether you’re a Cowboy fan, Seattle fan or Philadelphia fan, I think we will start to see our teams adopt some of the celebratory things after games,” Smith said. “To celebrate what you saw on the field or on the football pitch is what life should be all about.”Related: ‘Hot,’ ‘welcoming’ and ‘empty’: World Cup fans describe Dallas in one wordAdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementThe three-time Super Bowl champion is an iconic figure from the Dallas Cowboys’ glory days decades ago. He compared the World Cup experience to the joy he hoped to give fans whenever they had the opportunity to watch him run with the football.“Sports gives people the opportunity to have an everlasting memory,” Smith said. “Anytime we were on the road, we wanted to make the visiting stadium our home stadium and the best way to do that is through performance.”From barbecue to Buc-ee’s, wide-eyed travelers have embraced North Texas and its uniqueness. Smith believes this tournament is a great lesson for Dallas and the nation.Related: ‘They have wells of salsa’: What World Cup fans have enjoyed that Texans take for grantedAdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisement“Culture is there for everybody, it’s there for a person who wants to embrace it, accept it and learn from it, and then enjoy it at the same time,” Smith said. “It’s a clear indication that we can all learn from each other. It’s a clear indication that we can all get better about learning from each other.”He also attended Spain’s 1-0 win in the quarterfinals over Portugal, the final World Cup match for Portuguese superstar Cristiano Ronaldo.“I was in the stadium when [Ronaldo] played his last game [for Portugal] and I can feel that myself,” Smith said. “I feel the pain of walking away from a sport that you’ve been playing since you were a little kid. You left the world with something.”Daryl Johnston, Smith’s teammate for all three Super Bowls, was also in attendance at the Men in Blazers Match Day Live! show.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementJohnston has been a longtime fan of soccer. He brought a group of friends with him to the 1994 World Cup match between Nigeria and Bulgaria at the Cotton Bowl.He also spent time playing soccer for fun while with the Cowboys, until he was cautioned by t