It’s a game so simple that children can play it. 22 people run around a field, kicking a ball to their teammates, trying to get that ball into the opposing team’s net. Like a zen koan, complexity emerges from simplicity. Life itself, with its heights of tension and emotion, heroics and failures, is played out on the pitch. The epic stories of professional association football are matched only by the tales of Ancient Greek drama. There’s a reason that close […]