During Issey Nakajima-Farran’s very first soccer game, he scored a goal. But there was one problem. He was eight, playing for his school team in Japan. His opponent took a shot that slid past his keeper, but the ball wasn’t travelling fast enough to reach the back of the net. So Nakajima-Farran gave it his all, sprinting hard in an effort to tackle the ball, and kick it out of harms way.
With a smile on his face, he tells Nikkei Voice, “And then I scored on my own goal. So that was the first time I ever scored.”
Nakajima-Farran, now 30, has played professional socc…