Asides and Offsides: Notes on the World Cup
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We’re (Kind of) All in This Together: Watching the World Cup at the End of the World
It isn’t that we sought to separate the “real world” from the matches—just that, for a time, we had something else to think about.
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“We won either way”: The People I Watched the World Cup With
On watching the World Cup in spite of everything, and finding camaraderie with friends and strangers alike.
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Confronting the Myth and the Reality of Soccer as Another World Cup Begins
As in any other sport, the point is the narrative—but no other sport magnifies its lore in the same way as soccer.