My son and I bonded over soccer, but I had given up on World Cup tickets. An email from a stranger changed everything.

My son and I bonded over soccer, but I had given up on World Cup tickets. An email from a stranger changed everything.

The author got to go to a World Cup game in Houston, TX, with her son and daughter.Courtesy of Jamie Davis SmithMy son, 11, is a huge soccer fan — so much so that he's gotten me into the sport.I wanted so badly to get tickets to the World Cup for us, but it started to seem impossible.I wrote about my quest and got an email from Sugar Land, TX, that I worried was fake. It wasn't.My son, 11, is a die-hard soccer fan who did the impossible: He got …