I do. It's almost by accident. I have a few friends who were devoted supporters of Premier League teams in England and Scotland when I was young, but I wasn't one of them. My godmother, an Irish Londoner, is a Fulham supporter. But I never clocked in to the beautiful game as a child.
As a father in 2026 in the Northeast, however, soccer is becoming serious business. At the moving-up ceremony for the elementary school, I was shocked to hear over a dozen male students say their ambition in life is to play World Cup soccer. Only two ...
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