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Monday/Wild Card — 6.23.14

Mebbe soccer is like poetry. You have to keep tuning in before you get it. On Sunday, in the World Cup match between USA and Portugal, I caught a glimpse re: what it's all about -- and began to understand how fans can get worked up and devastated by a 2-2 tie. I watched the second half of the game on TV after listening to the first half on the radio while pulling weeds in the garden. Dare I say I enjoyed the game? Here's you first Wild Card of the work week ...



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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