CHICAGO — The World Cup in Qatar is only a week away, and if you’re anything like me, you’ve hardly slept the last week in anticipation.
Having watched most of the second season of “Ted Lasso,” I feel more than qualified to write about the world’s most spectacular sporting event besides the Super Bowl, even without having watched a single soccer game in its entirety.
With the help of friends, bartenders and assorted soccer experts I ran into on the street, here are seven important things to know about the World Cup.
