Both life and football and have a clumsy narrative and are energized by shared mythologies.

Winning at home and losing away may be a form of social compliance/

Football and life share hope, which nourishes our lives.

We know why looking after our health, saving money, or having a job are important issues. But we don't know why football (soccer) is important. Before proceeding, I must clarify that I don't particularly like football. But I probably don't like it for the same reasons I don't like many aspects of life, because football is like life itself. It is its perfect metaphor.

Let me explain: football, like life, fosters the prospect of success, but, like life, it frustrates at least as often as it rewards, and frequently much more. Like life, football has myths, cheating, mysteries (the offside rule), rich and poor, politics, foreigners, government, and even wars, like the one between El Salvador and Honduras in........

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