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Nyamekye entered college as a forward from Switzerland but in a few months will be contending for a spot on an American professional soccer club as a defender. The four-time All-Ivy defender joins a Crew club with a recent history of drafting Ivy alums...
...actors speak mostly English, but there is also a German-speaking narrator to ensure that non-English-speaking members of the audience can keep up with the plot. He explains what terms like soccer mom mean and describes cultural differences, such as Americans' tendency to speak more openly than Germans about their political preferences and affiliations. But there are still a few misunderstandings. When the audience is prompted by the actors to sing, "Rock the vote," the response is hesitant. "What do they want us to say?" a confused young woman whispers. (See a TIME package on Obama's first...
...Lombard and Elizabeth retrieved her possessions, I spoke to Jude alone. Short and muscular, with dark, patchy skin, Jude wore slim, brown corduroys and white Crocs with green dollar signs. Jude explained that he lured girls from Johannesburg, where many survive by "picking through garbage." Our conversation turned to soccer. I asked him if he was looking forward to the World Cup. "Yeah, this is good! Us people are going to make a lot of money then if you know what you're doing." (See pictures of Johannesburg preparing for the World...
...predators in the water: many were nipping off for lunch at a place called Kalkies, a nearby fish-and-chips shop decorated with poster-size photographs of great whites leaping out of the water, often with a seal in their jaws. (See pictures of South Africa preparing for the soccer World...
...obtained by fraud since the same administration asking for proof of citizenship now provided them?" Naulleau ultimately beat the system by requesting French citizenship through his naturalized, Bulgaria-born wife. But this isn't an option that is open to most people. (Read "Booing the 'Marseillaise': A French Soccer Scandal...