Overview

This isn't a book about becoming a sports expert. It's a book about understanding the person you love without losing sight of yourself. Soccer season isn't the real problem - disconnection is. This guide helps you navigate both thoughtfully, clearly, and with your agency intact. Blending emotional intelligence, relationship tools, and real-world examples, this book shows you how to stay connected when his attention is glued to the match, how to set boundaries without blowing things up, and how to define for yourself what a healthy partnership looks like - not what tradition, friends, or the internet say it ""should"" be. Inside, you'll find: ⚽ Why fandom pulls him in - and what it means for you ⚽ Scripts, tools, and conversation guides that reduce conflict and increase connection ⚽ Negotiation strategies for schedules, social plans, screen time, emotional spillover, gambling, drinking, and more ⚽ A crash course in soccer basics - just enough to understand the stakes without pretending to be someone you're not ⚽ Relationship insights grounded in evidence-based principles (minus the jargon) ⚽ A World Cup survival plan - because yes, it is a five-week rollercoaster Most importantly, this book helps you decide how you want to show up in your relationship - with clarity, boundaries, humor, and presence. You don't need to love soccer. You don't need to perform interest. You just need to understand what's happening - in him, in you, and between you - so you can make intentional choices about what actually works. Whether you love the game, tolerate it, or wish it would just be over, this guide gives you perspective, language, and agency. Protect your peace. Honor your voice. Build a relationship that fits the person you're becoming - not the role you think you're supposed to play.

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""This would have been incredibly helpful early on in our relationship.""- Partner of a soccer fan, early reader""The World Cup section would be useful even for someone who already loves the game.""- Soccer fan, early reader""This book offers tools that are helpful far beyond romantic relationships.""- Therapist, early reader""It reads like it was written by a truly passionate fan. I can't believe how accurately the emotion was captured.""- Early reader

Author Information

Luz Aurora Aramburo writes about modern relationships through the lens of soccer - how small moments, pressures, passions, and misunderstandings shape the way people care for one another. Her approach combines clarity, humor, and emotional maturity, providing straightforward ways to navigate relationships.Before writing An Illustrated Guide to Loving a Soccer Fan, Luz spent seven years working in the counter-sex trafficking field. This experience revealed the importance of day-to-day interactions. She witnessed both the best and the worst of humanity, shaping her belief that emotional awareness is not a luxury but a lifeline, and that relationships rely on small, intentional choices long before they reach a breaking point.She began her MBA while working full-time, pushing through evening classes until burnout forced her to pause. Luz left her job but continued her studies. She sought steadier hours and mental breathing room, so she became a barista-a role that unexpectedly became one of her richest sources of insight. Across the counter, customers shared stories about their relationships, frustrations, joys, burnout, and the emotional ripple effects of soccer fandom on their lives. Those conversations revealed how widespread and relatable these dynamics truly were.For two years, she talked about the book she hoped to write with anyone willing to listen. Combined with soccer documentaries, books, and pop-culture deep dives, those exchanges helped her understand the sport's cultural weight without being a fan herself. Her MBA coursework also came full circle, sharpening her awareness of underserved audiences and helping her identify an untapped market in the sports world - partners navigating soccer fandom.Therapy plays a steady role in Luz's life and offers much of the emotional literacy that shaped her writing. She doesn't claim expert status-just honest attention, curiosity, and a belief that clarity delivered with warmth and humor can make relationships feel less confusing and more connected.Luz graduated with her MBA in December 2025, lives in California, and relies on caffeine more than she should. An Illustrated Guide to Loving a Soccer Fan is her debut book, and she hopes to release future editions soon.

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