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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Gees sang in front of sellout crowds. Since the bigger kids always used to hog the baseball field, we first-graders would have the large field in the back of our school (San Benito in Humacao. Puerto Rico) all to ourselves. There were about 15 of us and every game was Brazil against Argentina. Problem was, everyone wanted to be Pele; no one liked the Argentines...

Author: By Julio R. Varela, | Title: You Might as Well Face it... | 10/6/1989 | See Source »

...just lost interest. While most of my high school friends went crazy when Italy won the World Cup, I was watching Joe Garagiola on the NBC "Game of the Week...

Author: By Julio R. Varela, | Title: You Might as Well Face it... | 10/6/1989 | See Source »

Then, I was switching the channels one day this year and just happened to catch a soccer game on the local Spanish station. I started to listen to the announcer and was mesmerized...

Author: By Julio R. Varela, | Title: You Might as Well Face it... | 10/6/1989 | See Source »

...months later. I was assigned to cover the Boston Bolts for the Boston Globe. No one else wanted the beat, so they figured, why not give it to an intern? After the first game, it was official: I was a soccer junkie again...

Author: By Julio R. Varela, | Title: You Might as Well Face it... | 10/6/1989 | See Source »

Then there's the story of the Soviet national champion, DNPR, which played Boston University in an exhibition game at Nickerson Field in August. I was the one who had to interview some players before the exhibition...

Author: By Julio R. Varela, | Title: You Might as Well Face it... | 10/6/1989 | See Source »

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