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American soccer will have truly progressed when cases like the teenagers are common enough to be unremarkable
There?s something about a 16-year-old making his debut among fully grown senior professionals that makes him look like a fawn. A scrawny, wobbly baby deer, the function of his arms and legs not yet figured out, jogging on to the pitch in a kit and shin guards that always seem a few sizes too big, like a boy wearing his dad?s suit.
So, too, appeared Mathis Albert when coming on in the 88th minute of Borussia Dortmund?s 4-0 romp over Freiburg on Sunday, which secured the team a place in next year?s Champions League.
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There?s something about a 16-year-old making his debut among fully grown senior professionals that makes him look like a fawn. A scrawny, wobbly baby deer, the function of his arms and legs not yet figured out, jogging on to the pitch in a kit and shin guards that always seem a few sizes too big, like a boy wearing his dad?s suit.
So, too, appeared Mathis Albert when coming on in the 88th minute of Borussia Dortmund?s 4-0 romp over Freiburg on Sunday, which secured the team a place in next year?s Champions League.
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