" Both boys played soccer
in the Etzgadol City League. They were on different teams, of course.
Zev’s team was all shifters. He was sure the pack would have forced
them to play in an all-shifter league, if there were such a thing. But the
shifter population didn’t have enough boys in his age group to make up
a whole league, so the pack formed its own team in the Etzgadol City
League.
When Zev had learned of the integrated league two years earlier,
he’d immediately developed what his parents called an “almost
maniacal obsession” with both soccer and baseball—not coincidentally,
the two sports in the Etzgadol City League. He’d never bothered with
other sports because he’d seen no point. The only reason to participate,
as far as Zev was concerned, was the chance to play with his human
friend. "
― Cardeno C. , Wake Me Up Inside (Mates, #1)