<p>Actually it is my son (Oops! I’m not s student!) who keeps me educated about soccer, and Barcelona is his favorite team. </p>
<p>He was pretty stoked about SOMEBODY winning a week or so ago, but he ended up burning a hole in a jersey trying to iron it to wear to school. </p>
<p>I have watched him play a lot of soccer in a lot of places for the last dozen years, and he is often the only black kid on the pitch, but when you watch professional soccer, at least outside of the US, you see a really beautiful representation of athletes, in a really beautiful game.</p>