Away and Home

They hunt boars, they shoot arrows, they paint themselves with berries, they chop down trees, they live in the rainforest, and they play soccer.

When the final whistle shrieked, we woke up. We’d been dreaming. It had been a really good dream, the kind you never want to wake up from.

A family showed me a jumble of community, poverty, friendship, and a simple life united around their love — for each other, for God, and for soccer.

Tomislav Laco was sixteen when he first shoved fireworks down his pants.

The best soccer fans in the world might be in Tampere, Finland. They lost everything, and have vowed to rebuild their beloved team, even if they have to put on cleats themselves.

I circled the globe, and apparently that makes me an expert. Or at least, that makes me an expert on TV.