Table of Contents
Introduction xi
Chapter 1 Why Not Us? 1
Chapter 2 We Have to Go Back 20
Chapter 3 Welcome to Vacationland 33
Chapter 4 Many and One 50
Chapter 5 I Still Say Somalia 68
Chapter 6 Grind Mode 86
Chapter 7 I Live My Thank-You 102
Chapter 8 1-2-3 Pamoja Ndugu 111
Chapter 9 Lewiston Pure 133
Chapter 10 Saints, Martyrs, and Summer Soccer 150
Chapter 11 Many Nations, One Team 166
Chapter 12 Inshallah, We Got This 181
Chapter 13 Our House 201
Chapter 14 Straight Red 217
Chapter 15 Do Not Retaliate 236
Chapter 16 Everyone Bleeds Blue 247
Chapter 17 Make It a Good One 261
Epilogue: The Devils That You Know 285
Lewiston High School Blue Devils Soccer State Champions 2015 295
Postscript: Soccer Is Life 297
Acknowledgments 301
Reading Group Guide 305