A Gripe

- Maxi Rodriguez

As the son of a Mexican father and a blindingly pale Alabaman mother, I was raised on equal portions of Mexican soccer, pork chops, and mashed potatoes. While the effects of the southern cuisine were undone by growth spurts in my early teens, my fascination with Mexican soccer has endured.

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