Selected Events 2006Young soccer players of the World Cup Sports Initiative end their tour in Frankfurt |
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June 23, 2006. Young soccer players of the World Cup Sports Initiative started their day by visiting the Commmerzbank Tower. They got an eagle's eye view of Frankfurt from the Commerzbank Tower during a tour arranged by Commerzbank spokesman Dennis Phillips. Their schedule took them from Manhattan last week to 'Mainhattan' this week, as they mixed in some sightseeing to round out their schedule of soccer clinics, scrimmages, and attendance at a World Cup game. In the afternoon, the players from 13 different countries played lively scrimmages with the youth soccer teams of Eintracht Frankfurt (boys) and KSV Weckesheim (girls) and talked about soccer in their countries. In the evening, the participants will visit the International Media Lounge for music by American blues musician Little Willie Littlefield. The boys and girls, ages 13-18, represent: Afghanistan, Bahrain, Bolivia, China, Indonesia, Lebanon, Malaysia, Morocco, Nigeria, Pakistan, South Africa, Uganda and Uzbekistan. |
 The four teams look forward to playing |  Before the match, the teams shook hands and exchanged gifts |  Konsul Scott Rauland and the girls team |  The teams are ready to play |
 A lively match |  And another lively match |  A time to make friends! |  A player from Afghanistan makes her new German friends very happy with her team's T-shirt |
