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Love for American football reached Brazilian Amazon long before the NFL game in Sao Paulo
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Baré Indigenous Pedro Canuto, Manaus FA's quarterback, throws the ball during a football match against Galo FA at Ismael Benigno stadium in Manaus, Brazil, Saturday, Aug. 24, 2024. - photo by AP Photo/Edmar Barros
MANAUS, Brazil (AP) — Pedro Canuto wears his pads and practices passing the football a few hundred yards from where boats filled with tourists are navigating the Amazon River into the rainforest. A quarterback for Manaus FA, arguably the best American football team in the region, the 20-year-old could be playing soccer, the sport for which Brazil is passionate. But he chooses to play a game most of his countrymen know little about.