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More Than Just a Game

After giving up on my childhood dream of becoming a professional soccer player, I’ve found other ways to fulfill my love of the sport.

by Ayah Al-Masyabi

When I was 5 or 6, I played soccer for the first time. In a school playground, I found a soccer ball lying on a patch of dirt and started kicking it away from me, then running to retrieve it. I thought I was alone, but a few minutes later an older boy with ginger hair walked over and asked if he could play with me.

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