Harvard? Please. This is Matt Freese’s biggest test yet.

IRVINE, Calif. — Soccer is often described as a game of flow, but much of its beauty can be found in repetition. Runs are rehearsed until they look improvised. Passing are patterns drilled until they feel instinctive. Small routines carry players into the biggest games, as if some order can be sorte...

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