Word: soccering
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...touchy subject at Harvard, which prides itself on the amateurism of its athletes (one reason why neither the school nor its Ivy rivals offers athletic scholarships). UCLA, on the other hand, which beat Harvard in the second round of this year’s NCAA Tournament, lists 24 professional soccer alumni at home and abroad on its school website...
...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...
...Soccer for me,” Akpan says, “was like playing football in America. Everyone played at school, and in the street...
...Soccer brought the Akpans—especially sons Adrian and Andre’—close together...
...Wiry and capable on the athletic fields at a young age, the brothers excelled in a number of sports but “always came back to soccer...