My dad had a stroke. We still made it to the World Cup.0

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• July 4, 2026

The hard part is overI thought. Our seats were around the corner. We were here to see local history in the making: Seattle, my beloved hometown, becoming an internationally recognized soccer city. Then I turned the corner and came upon a wall of concrete stairs. I hadn’t realized how steep and narrow the climb would