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Summer soccer in San José

As Christmas draws nigh and the sun smiles on Chepe, many kids and grownups alike are lacing up their sneakers and cleats. Here, a boy and his grandfather play soccer using two trees as their goalposts on a field in Costa Rica’s capital city.

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