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On the weeknd of July 15th through the 17th, thousands of Puget Sound soccer fans flocked to the Starfire Sports Complex in Tukwila to watch the opening rounds of the third annual All Nations Cup. Thirty-Three teams representing as many countries competed for two weeks in what has been called World Cup Seattle, but as Nathan Friend reports, soccer was not the tournament's only draw.
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On the weeknd of July 15th through the 17th, thousands of Puget Sound soccer fans flocked to the Starfire Sports Complex in Tukwila to watch the opening rounds of the third annual All Nations Cup. Thirty-Three teams representing as many countries competed for two weeks in what has been called World Cup Seattle, but as Nathan Friend reports, soccer was not the tournament's only draw.
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Aired on KUOW Puget Sound Public Radio at 4:44 pm on July 25, 2005
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SAM HASSAN STANDS AT THE TOP OF A LARGE SET OF BLEACHERS, SURVEYING THE ANIMATED CROWD BELOW. BORN AND RAISED IN RIO DE JANEIRO, HASSAN HAS SPENT HIS ENTIRE LIFE AROUND THE GAME OF SOCCER. GROWING UP, HE PLAYED FOR SEVERAL HOURS EVERY DAY. LIKE MANY BRAZILIANS, SOCCER BECAME A PART OF HIS LIFE.
HASSAN: They asked a Brazilian once if it was true if for Brazilians soccer was a matter of life and death and he said, “No, no, no, no, it’s way more than that,” and it’s true for most nations out there, so this, you want to see soccer that is emotion, passion, skill, beautiful things, this is the place to be, this is the best soccer in the northwest right now.
HASSAN SWEEPS HIS ARM AROUND, INCDICATING THE EIGHT TEAMS AT PLAY ON THE SOCCER FIELDS SPREAD OUT AROUND HIM. THEY’RE COMPETING IN THE FIRST ROUND OF ALL NATIONS CUP 2005. FOUNDED IN 2003, THE ALL NATIONS CUP IS A SOCCER TOURNAMEN...
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LEAD: ON THE WEEKEND OF JULY FIFTEENTH THROUGH THE SEVENTEENTH, THOUSANDS OF PUGET SOUND SOCCER FANS FLOCKED TO THE STARFIRE SPORTS COMPLEX IN TUKWILA TO WATCH THE OPENING ROUNDS OF THE THIRD ANNUAL ALL NATIONS CUP. THIRTY-THREE TEAMS REPRESENTING AS MANY COUNTRIES WILL COMPETE FOR TWO WEEKS IN WHAT HAS BEEN CALLED WORLD CUP SEATTLE, BUT AS NATHAN FRIEND REPORTS, SOCCER IS NOT THE TOURNAMENT’S ONLY DRAW.
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Andre Rosario
Posted on July 28, 2005 at 06:05 PM | Permalink
Review of All Nations Cup 2005
I loved this story. Maybe I’m biased because I also love soccer! But honestly, it was a good reporting job. Naturally, you could use soccer sounds like the refs whistle and teams at play. Hassan was a very good source and had great sound bytes. I think it would have been better if you used other people talking about why the love soccer and why it was important to them.
It’s really true, soccer does transcend cultural boundaries. You do a great job of going from the general (soccer) to the specific (the All Nations Cup). Now that I’m thinking about it, I think I really would like to be there!