Love And BloodEvery four years the thirty two team, sixty four game World Cup captivates the planets populace for a month. Work absenteeism skyrockets. Political campaigns grind to a halt. Fans mortgage their houses to buy tickets. And teams employ every means possibleeven consulting witch doctors and astrologersin their quest for national glory. Veteran soccer commentator Jamie Trecker traveled to Germany for FIFA World Cup 2006. Here, reported from the

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