Two of the boys in our program, Will and Lupe, came to Seville partly for the opportunity to play soccer (or as Spaniards call it, the real football) in Spain. They practice with a Spanish team 3 nights a week after school. They aren't allowed to play in real games here as it interfere with rules about playing with their colleges at home, but they are allowed to play in what they call "friendly" games, which I guess is sort of like a scrimmage. They had one of these friendly games last night, so my roommates (Kia and Samm) decided to go. Kia and Will are dating, and he actually lives two floors down with us with Lupe and our other two friends, Josh and Mike. Kia and Samm are also in the soccer program here,
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