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18 Oct, 6 tweets, 1 min read
Okay, I’m going to throw this out there because I need to tell someone who appreciates soccer and speaks the language.

My son scored a goal today...

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He’s a middie. Doesn’t care about the glory. Doesn’t care about being the one to score. He’s happy passing and creating. He has had *one* other shot this season.

Coach put him up front today in the second half of a tense, scoreless game.

2/
Teammate played a throughball.

My ran onto it at the top of the box. Had it on his right foot. Defender closing down from his right side.

Slid the ball to his left foot, took a touch and finished with his left past the charging keeper.

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He didn’t blast it. Just read the keeper and put it past him.

It was just one goal. Wasn’t the World Cup. It’ll probably be his only one this season.

It was just a deft soccer play.

Finesse, control, composure, and a smooth finish with an off-foot.

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Folks into youth soccer may get where I’m coming from.

The kids who score a lot tend to have big legs, shoot righty, and just blast in space.

Not a lot of finesse scoring in tight.

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Anyway, I may have yelled a bit too loud “That’s My Boy!!!”

He knows how I get. I’m proud of him. I love watching him play. Every game. No matter how he plays. Whether they win or lose.

This was a fun one though. I’ll probably remember it more than him...

6/6

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A lot of people are going to hate this and immediately reject it but hear me out.

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For the next three weeks:

...no matter how kind a person you are

...no matter how much you hate confrontation

...no matter how uncomfortable it makes you to speak harshly

Find it within yourself *every single time* you see the media doing what it did in 2016.

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Now, in parallel, the two biggest pieces of propaganda Trump expected from Barr this month...

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