A long form paean to the Rapids Rabbi's other team, far away and deep down in Israel's second tier league, Ligat Leumit. Soccer is soccer, but in the Middle East, it's another world entirely.
The journey to the game itself immediately reminds me: I am not in America. I am not going to a Rapids game. This is something entirely different.
I make my way to Jerusalem's Central Bus Station on foot from the three bedroom apartment of my wife's parents. We're here in Israel for the Passover vacation to bring the grand children to see their Saba and Savta.