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...Akpan was shut out in subsequent games against Guatemala (which the U.S. tied, 0-0) and Panama (5-0). Today, Akpan is still considered an outside shot for the final roster of this summer’s U-20 World Cup in Canada. Thriving there would be a critical component of any courtship by professional teams from Major League Soccer (MLS) or Europe...
...Hopefully if I make the [World Cup] team...and if I get some playing time, maybe there’ll be some interest,” Akpan says. “And then, if not, obviously I want to come back [to Harvard] next year. And if I have a good year, I mean, we’ll see what happens...
...elder Akpan’s first love, however, was soccer. The Nigerian national team of his youth, nicknamed the ‘Super Eagles,’ had not yet evolved into the World Cup contender of the early ’90s, and so young Nigerian boys cast their eyes west to Brazil, where Péle was capturing the world’s imagination...
...just wanted a cup of Java, Dunkin’ Donuts would surely suffice...
...buying a membership into a discriminating community of imbibers. A styrofoam cup from Dunkin’ Donuts screams proletariat, whereas a paper one from Starbucks announces to the world that you value the finer things in life—in this case, single origin, shade-grown coffee beans. Coffee, for you, is more than a crude caffeine boost...