Bob Kap, who died on Sunday at the age of 87, is best known as the godfather of soccer-style kickers, but he was also an American soccer pioneer, who tookthe Dallas Tornado on the longest tour in the history of soccer — six months with games in 19 countries on five continents, including two games in Vietnam at the height of the Vietnam War.

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