
Taking a Byte Out of Soccer
By GRAHAME L. JONES
Los Angeles Times
SEOUL -- When Afshin Ghotbi arrived in the United States a quarter-century ago, he
had with him something that has carried him all the way to the semifinals of the
World Cup. It's called a love of the game, a passion for soccer that he acquired
on the streets and playgrounds of his native Tehran. Ghotbi was 13 when his family
moved to California, and in all the years since, he has tried to instill that same
love of soccer in youngsters in the U.S., first by playing alongside them and later
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