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Soccer

Essays about soccer -- particularly the World Cup

Well, hey, that was exciting. It was, in fact, too exciting. I don’t think most of us needed quite that much excitement. I personally would have settled…

Nov 29, 2022

In my opening World Cup essay, I tried to make it pretty clear that I’m the most casual of soccer fans. I watch soccer the way I listen to music, which…

Nov 26, 2022

OK, so that U.S. 1-1 World Cup draw with Wales on Monday was disappointing. I mean it wasn’t THIS disappointing, via The New York Times: "The sting of…

Nov 22, 2022

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