Editor’s Corner
Even though I’ve been soc-
cer editor writer and covering U.S. soccer
for decades every single person pops me
the questions like: Do you know about
soccer? – How do you know soccer? -
They lose their defiant air when I answer
that I grew up with soccer, that my father
was the owner of two soccer amateur
teams in two different occasions. As I
remember my childhood I was helping
my father run the team, game, players. I’m not sure how
much help a child can be but it helped me a lot to like,
understand and develop a passion without a forced atten-
tion or programming.
In my memory bank, the images are: everyone is
beautiful and if it’s a human being is family. I never
learned to note a difference of color, religion, economic
or social status, gender, or where they came from. They
all were welcomed in our house, team, field, talking
groups.
The team was accepted to be made of men only, but
the women were giving their two cents of thought and
actions everywhere and to everyone in the process.
Starting by my mother that co-owned the teams with my
father and rightful so because they were not in it for the
money, amateur team generates only expenses and head-
aches, you can call it the business of “passion”.
The field was an official size, goal ball, duration of the
game also official. Oh! Yes, amateur is all official. The
people around the field practically on top of the field
line and believing they’re playing by getting out of way
if a play was too close to the line. No one would touch
that ball until the referee, also official, whistle it out.
Interfere with the play could generate huge commotion
and all got involved men, women, and some wannabe
adults.
These fans were yelling tactics to the players, every
single one a serious coach, and bad mouthing a lousy
player, praising a good one, cheering a beautiful play
and getting nuts with a goal. They all believe they
know soccer and act naturally as coach, commentator
during and after the game, about the team, players.
Their passion is as much suffocating as the player’s,
coach, team owner can be. They’re rightful so the play-
er # 13.
So we, as team-member # 13, media, like you # 13,
reader, we know a lot about soccer and we strive to
bring you as much information to help you to form your
own opinion. Of course, sometimes we let escape our
views knowing well you’ll take or disregard it accord-
ingly to your own.
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Amateur's game with fans around the field line by Rosangela Diniz
ROSANGELA DINIZ , Editor in-Chief
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