Professional Football (Soccer) Was My God

Exactly ten years ago, I was preparing to go to Berlin and broadcast the World Cup. The World Cup final is the most-watched sporting event on the planet—in 2014, the final game drew 1 billion viewers. I was in Germany as an ex-professional soccer player pursuing a career as a broadcaster/analyst. I never could have predicted that two years after that, I would give it all up and move to the Canadian Rockies with my wife and children.

Read the rest of my testimony on Christianity Today: http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2016/julaug/professional-soccer-was-my-god.html