Word: soccer
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...March, several teams are going on pilgrimages. The women’s soccer, women’s rugby, and women’s water polo teams are trekking across oceans and continents to visit their respective meccas. There, they’ll watch matches, play games, and, of course, do a little team bonding...
Over spring break, rugby has planned a trip to Dublin, home to the headquarters of the International Rugby Board; women’s soccer is going to Italy, the land of Del Piero and Buffon; while water polo is making their yearly trip to California for fair-weather games against the sport’s best...
When not competing, there’s plenty of time for the players to just be together. “One week straight with just the team is going to be incredible,” says soccer team captain Gina A. Wideroff ’11. “We have our mornings, our afternoons, and our evenings planned out on this itinerary that they sent us, and the afternoons are just ‘free time in Milan,’ or ‘free time in Venice...
Though water polo players will probably be the only ones meeting each other’s siblings and pets, it turns out the soccer team has some Italian connections. “Our coach is very Italian, too, so I think he’s very excited to go,” says forward Katherine M. Sheeleigh...
...number in Cape Town was intercepted - a call in which an attack on U.S. government buildings in South Africa was discussed. No attack took place, and after three days, the embassy in Pretoria and three consulates reopened. But with South Africa expecting half a million fans for the soccer World Cup this June and July, security officials are understandably jittery. Especially because of the origin of the phone call. It came, TIME was told, from Somalia. (See pictures of South Africa preparing for the World...