Why Soccer MattersBy: Pel Pellegendary footballer and humanitarianexplores the sports recent history and shares his most inspiring experiences, heartwarming stories, and hard won wisdom. I know in my heart that soccer was good to me, and great to the world. I saw, time and again, how the sport improved countless millions of lives, both on and off the field. For me, at least, thats why soccer matters. The worlds most popular sport goes by many namessoccer, football, the