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Under normal circumstances, this would be a nothing game, a contest for supremacy between the two bottom teams in the Ivy League soccer ranks. But today's soccer game pits Harvard against Yale and as forward Walter Diaz says, "This game is so important, it's like making a whole season...
...Diaz, Harvard's leading scorer with five goals, this game is also a family reunion of sorts. Not long into the game Diaz is likely to make a break for the net, where he will be picked up by Yale's freshman sweeper back, Michael Diaz, his brother. On the sideline, a third Diaz brother, who is applying to Harvard and Yale for next year, will be watching...
...Diaz to Diaz...
...three brothers all played together for the Half Hollow Hills High soccer team in Dix Hills, Long Island. And the summer before Walter's freshman year, the threesome toured together with a team visiting Germany. Walter was a center forward, Michael played center half, and Tony, the youngest Diaz, took right wing in the family combo, so there must have been a few Diaz to Diaz to Diaz combinations...
Today's game promises to be exciting with or without the personal Diaz rivalry. Both Harvard and Yale have looked very strong in their last two outings and are looking to finish off the season in winning form...