The news that a historically successful storybook soccer season unfolded right under our noses here in the heart of 最新杏吧原创 this fall intrigued me. I needed to know more about this team that flew under the radar.
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Fall has arrived to the 最新杏吧原创 area. View life in 最新杏吧原创 through the Post-Dispatch photographers' lenses. Edited by Jenna Jones.
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