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The Soccer Curse

The Soccer Curse

The roots of my fickleness go back to early childhood | Non-Fiction | Fresh Soup

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Of all the sports I know, soccer is the one most similar to life, and that’s why I like to watch it. In soccer, as in life, everyone’s irritable, most of the time it’s boring, and when something does finally happen, it’s almost always random and often goes against your and your team’s best interests. To watch soccer, as I see it, is to make peace with l…

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