Seattle soccer fan became toast of the internet with his map for where to find alcohol at the World Cup

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Ed Ball is back in Seattle after spending 10 days traveling to the World Cup in Qatar.Ball is the creator of the Qatar Alcohol Map, a project he took on earlier this year as a way to help fans of soccer — and drinking — find places to imbibe in a nation where such activity is not part of the culture.A Twitter page dedicated to the project, which has fewer than 300 followers, shows Ball in one tweet sporting a ‘Merica T-shirt, USA scarf and stars and stripes socks as he chugs two pints of beer before he traveled to Qatar.In a recap journal of his trip that he shared with GeekWire, Ball details his daily observations as an American fan in the Middle East.I went with the tasteful ‘USA DRINKING TEAM’ T-shirt in big bold letters …”Ball, who previously traveled to Brazil to see the 2014 World Cup, won’t have to go quite so far next time — or build a map to find his favorite bars."

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