World Cup continues: Guelaguetza or Rosalind's?

Mexico v. Cameroon, Friday 9 a.m.
Jonathan Gold • Los Angeles Times • June 13, 2014
Mexico v. Cameroon, Friday 9 a.m. Cameroon’s national team, friends assure me, is more or less the Boston Celtics of African soccer, with Samuel Eto’o as its aging Larry Bird. The team has over the years gone on mini-strikes until they were paid –...
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