The 41-year-old Djorn Buchholz is pretty good example of how easily someone can fall deeply in love with soccer. Hailing from a small Nebraska town, Buchholz’s family had no background in the game. But his aunt served as the executive director of the YMCA in Hastings (population: 25,000). His father started hearing about soccer’s growing popularity and decided to introduce it into the YMCA programming. “One of my earliest photographs is me as a little baby with a soccer ball next to me,” says Buchholz, who became especially enthralled with the game during the USA-hosted 1994 World Cup.
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