This is the team that U.S. soccer fans should root for now.
I was in Morocco on the first day of 2020, touring Marrakech’s medina with some family. Our guide, Jafar, was professional and knowledgeable, good with our kid, engaging with his histories and answers to our questions. Five stars, no complaints. No real connection either, which is fine; that is not something my introverted self typically seeks out in such scenarios.
Until I told him while we were waiting that one of my side hustles was writing about soccer. He perked up. The professional customer service facade we had been granted slipped a little, or at least turned to reveal another facet of itself. This is a familiar story—the power of sport to transcend boundaries, yadda yadda—but it’s familiar because it’s so often true.
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