With its constantly changing cast and seemingly endless running time, Japan's Olympic soccer team has begun to resemble a TV soap opera.
So many players have been used over such a long time that it is easy to forget what the team has been working toward — or if indeed it has been working toward anything at all.
In less than a week, the Olympic soccer tournament will begin. Given the time manager Yasuharu Sorimachi has spent preparing for it, you would think he would be more than ready for it by now.
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