Inspired by poetry and stories about soccer, students of all ages might enjoy a cascarita—an informal, improvised game—with words instead of a football. (Jan 6)
The far, blurred sounds, a cry, a whistle, the thud of a kick, all that was perfectly unimportant and had no connection with me. I was less the keeper of a soccer goal than the keeper of a secret. (Vladimir Nabokov, Conclusive Evidence, 1951)