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          How soccer explains the sports world

          Jul 7, 2010
          • Alyssa RoenigkESPN The Magazine senior writer
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              Alyssa Roenigk is a senior writer for ESPN The Magazine and ESPN.com whose assignments have taken her to six continents and caused her to commit countless acts of recklessness. (Follow @ESPN_Alyssa on Twitter).
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          This article appears in the July 12 issue of ESPN The Magazine.

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