Chapter: Life in Four Panels

I played on teams in adult recreational soccer leagues for a long time.  I only play in pick-up games now.

I picked West Ham United as my team in the Premier League almost a decade ago.  They had a golden age in the Sixties with English legends like Bobby Moore and Geoff Hurst, but in the era of the Premier League, they have been at best a mid-table team.  It was a bit random as to why I picked them — my daughter’s youth team was also nicknamed the Hammers and West Ham was in the middle of a Dimitri Payet inspired couple of fantastic seasons. Any sporting team you root for — honestly it’s a weird dynamic as you …