That meant that we needed to commit to a weekly practice and Sunday games, which we were happy to do ... are not good at soccer, that soccer is for boys. I realized then that my conversation ...

Last Friday, my 7-year-old daughter decided she absolutely did not want to go to soccer ... to practice in the still-pouring rain. My decision wasn't even that difficult. It had nothing to do ...

After decades reporting on soccer ... who do not rely on me for food and shelter, and so it fell to him to act as our troubleshooter. That was the theory. This was the practice: For a three ...