Seattle Sounders Farewell Game! The USL Seattle Sounders, keeping up the tradition, will play the All Nations Cup 2008 Champions Bosnia. Sounders stars such as Leighton O'Brien, Kevin Sakuda, and Hugo Alcaraz will be joined by former players such as Viet Nguyen and Andrew Gregor. Already disbanded, the Sounders will get together one last time, thanks to the efforts of owner Adrian Hanauer and coach Brian Schmetzer, to support Sister Communities newest project:
All Nations Cup School of Soccer for Underserved Children
The majority of the foreign children that come to this country don’t have a chance to play soccer because they lack the funds to participate in a sport that in the US is very expensive.
That’s exactly where our school comes in. We provide high-level soccer training classes to excluded children and for us diversity means everybody, from the low-income white American child to refugee children, to the incarcerated youth.
We have two very distinctive goals in mind: Develop social skills and integrate children in society. We work on making them respect themselves and their cultural background. The so damaging looser/winner concept is excluded. Although competitiveness is developed children learn to work together and try to improve by having themselves as a parameter.
The second goal is to give these children a real chance to progress in soccer if they have the talent and desire. Our coaches are trained in a highly effective method and are all soccer players themselves. Children identified as having the talent and desire to go further receive special attention towards going to college and playing professional if it’s within their reach.
We have a program running in South Everett; one with the Muckleshoot Tribe, being extended to several tribes soon; one starting in Tukwila; a program starting for incarcerated youth and we’re starting one for African-American children.
Through soccer these children get integrated into American society as contributors, since we work on making them proud of who they are and of their culturally rich background. They learn respect for the other and their differences. We don’t work based on the paternalistic vision of poor little kids. They’re though that before being liked they have to be respected as equals to everybody. And that respect, as everything in life, should be a two-way road.
Seattle Sounders vs. ANC Bosnia Detailed Schedule:
November 14th, Friday 7:30 pm
Starfire Soccer Complex
Admission is $10
Children 12 and under are admitted FREE
Fundraiser for the ANC School of Soccer
For more information about the game, ticket sales or volunteer opportunities, contact Sister Communities at (206) 267-9000.
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Sister Communities Info.
Sister Communities is a 501c3 registered, true non-profit organization founded in 2003. Sister Communities fosters relationships amongst the diverse communities in our region. We strive to connect people across the borders, both real and imagined that separate communities from one another.
We strives to bring together the richness that so many ethnic, cultural and religious communities have to offer in Seattle. Sister Communities unites communities in celebration of our common humanity.
We organize All Nations Cup. The event celebrates the global Puget Sound community through a soccer tournament played by over 40 local teams representing their homelands. 17 days of the most important tournament of the Northwest. The tournament is surrounded by an international festival unlike any other in the northwest with food, music, art, dance and entertainment from around the world. The project strengthens community leadership, fosters cultural expression, and creates connection between communities.
We are a secular, non-partisan and probably the most inclusive organization in the Northwest.
Sister Communities – All Nations cup
10221 56th Avenue S, Seattle WA 98178, 206 267 9000,
www.allnationscup.orgSister Communities
206-267-9000
www.allnationscup.orgBuilding Community One Goal at a Time
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