201141 external_news 1363861271 1475893581 Identity in Brazil and across Latin America is deeply tied to soccer, said Kirk Bowman, associate professor in The Sam Nunn School of International Affairs. "Becoming a citizen of that team is so important that there are all sorts of stories of families that when a child is born, the first thing you do is get their membership club card; the second thing you do is have their baptism." Source: Global Atlanta, March 20, 2013

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