His mother,from Ethiopia, wanted her sons who were born in the US to play the sport.

VOA: standard.2010.06.15

That is not our problem. They do not play, they did not defend, and they did not stop the chances for us to score,".

VOA: standard.2009.11.05

People play soccer. People want to know about soccer, and people know everything about us.

VOA: standard.2009.07.25

We're fortunate enough to play in the NHL,but the Olympics are a really big thing for us and we're really going there to win the gold.

VOA: standard.2010.01.12

"When the request came through for us to consider re-forming to play, we felt that the immense scale of what had happened in Victoria and the really necessary kind of giving from other quarters to help people meant that it was something we should take very,very seriously,".

VOA: standard.2009.03.14