21.   As a boy, reared in Ghana by his grandmother, Asamoah recalled, he played soccer constantly, barefoot like most Ghanaian boys.

22.   As of last week, his dreams were of playing professional soccer, and owning a company to clean up the environment, but no longer of being president.

23.   At first, Ms. Ali, from a Muslim family in the north, denied she played soccer.

24.   Before that she played soccer and ran track just to stay in shape.

25.   Before that, women were not encouraged to play soccer in her country, North Korea.

26.   Boys may play soccer while they are young, but as they get older, the pressure becomes more intense for them to begin to play traditional sports.

27.   A block away, a group of children are playing soccer in a schoolyard, seemingly oblivious to the mayhem nearby.

28.   A group of young boys from the neighborhood played soccer nearby, the ball occasionally bouncing against one of the headstones.

29.   A man took a call from his wife while his daughter played soccer in December.

30.   A house full of four kids who go to school and play soccer and argue with each other and have sleepovers.