The group text could erupt at any minute depending on the soccer result unfolding on TV.
If it was a particularly high-profile game like Manchester United against Liverpool, it could jolt members of the FC Dallas West Texas soccer club into flooding the thread with messages, joking with one another about their respective favorite teams.
This group of players — the club’s class of 1998 that will graduate high school this year — has a high soccer IQ and has been together since the players were 11 years old.