New York, One World Cup Match at a Time
Watching All 64 Games in Bars, on Buses, and Even at My Cubicle Made Me Love the City in a Way I Never Will Again
Zócalo’s editors are diving into our archives and throwing it back to some of our favorite pieces. This week: Medical professional Saba Afshar reflects on his quest to watch all 64 games of the 2010 World Cup, and how it made him admire the way New York City “forces you to interact with the rest of the world’s population.”
Maybe I did expect to be in a New York City bar below 14th Street at 7 in the morning at some point. Doesn’t every newly …