{"id":8882,"date":"2018-07-22T10:46:52","date_gmt":"2018-07-21T22:46:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.infomarshallislands.com\/?p=8882"},"modified":"2018-07-22T10:46:52","modified_gmt":"2018-07-21T22:46:52","slug":"usa-today-on-soccer-in-rmi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.infomarshallislands.com\/usa-today-on-soccer-in-rmi\/","title":{"rendered":"USA Today on Soccer in RMI"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_8884\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8884\" data-attachment-id=\"8884\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.infomarshallislands.com\/usa-today-on-soccer-in-rmi\/robert-schellhase-on-soccer-in-the-marshall-islands-photo-by-karen-earnshaw\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.infomarshallislands.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Robert-Schellhase-on-soccer-in-the-Marshall-Islands.-Photo-by-Karen-Earnshaw.jpg?fit=1699%2C950&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1699,950\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;cary evarts&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1532256025&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"USA Today on soccer in the Marshall Islands.\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;USA Today on soccer in the Marshall Islands.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;USA Today on soccer in the Marshall Islands.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.infomarshallislands.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Robert-Schellhase-on-soccer-in-the-Marshall-Islands.-Photo-by-Karen-Earnshaw.jpg?fit=300%2C168&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.infomarshallislands.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Robert-Schellhase-on-soccer-in-the-Marshall-Islands.-Photo-by-Karen-Earnshaw.jpg?fit=640%2C358&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8884\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.infomarshallislands.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Robert-Schellhase-on-soccer-in-the-Marshall-Islands.-Photo-by-Karen-Earnshaw-300x168.jpg?resize=300%2C168\" alt=\"USA Today on soccer in the Marshall Islands.\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.infomarshallislands.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Robert-Schellhase-on-soccer-in-the-Marshall-Islands.-Photo-by-Karen-Earnshaw.jpg?resize=300%2C168&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.infomarshallislands.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Robert-Schellhase-on-soccer-in-the-Marshall-Islands.-Photo-by-Karen-Earnshaw.jpg?resize=768%2C429&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.infomarshallislands.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Robert-Schellhase-on-soccer-in-the-Marshall-Islands.-Photo-by-Karen-Earnshaw.jpg?resize=640%2C358&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.infomarshallislands.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Robert-Schellhase-on-soccer-in-the-Marshall-Islands.-Photo-by-Karen-Earnshaw.jpg?resize=150%2C84&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.infomarshallislands.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Robert-Schellhase-on-soccer-in-the-Marshall-Islands.-Photo-by-Karen-Earnshaw.jpg?resize=600%2C335&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.infomarshallislands.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Robert-Schellhase-on-soccer-in-the-Marshall-Islands.-Photo-by-Karen-Earnshaw.jpg?resize=1024%2C573&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.infomarshallislands.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Robert-Schellhase-on-soccer-in-the-Marshall-Islands.-Photo-by-Karen-Earnshaw.jpg?w=1699&amp;ssl=1 1699w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-8884\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">USA Today on soccer in the Marshall Islands.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>USA Today contacted me recently to compile a story and video footage about soccer in the Marshall Islands. &#8220;But we don&#8217;t do soccer in the Marshall Islands,&#8221; I said. &#8220;Ah, that&#8217;s the point,&#8221; said the newspaper&#8217;s Trysta Krick. 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