Good morning! In yesterday’s SA Confidential, Jaap de Groot talked with fellow Dutch-American Earnest Stewart (Earnie to us) about PSV’s embrace of Americans. Stewart in charge of the soccer side, and five Americans in the first team. Jaap worked for 43 years at the daily De Telegraaf, serving as sports editor. He is perhaps best known as Johan Cruyff’s ghostwriter, the co-author of “Cruyff’s My Turn: A Life of Total Football,” which was published in more than 60 countries and in 23 different languages. Jaap was born to a Dutch father and an American mother from Texas and lived in Laredo until he was 10. He is an active member of the Lipan Apache Tribe of Texas.

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