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Nov 2022
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Introducing The Last Cup

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NPR and Futuro Studios present The Last Cup, a limited series about soccer and the immigrant experience, starting November 10th.

Lionel Messi is known as the best soccer player of his generation, but there's one dream he's never achieved: winning a World Cup for Argentina, the country he left decades ago.

What does home mean when you are so far away, for so long?

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