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State Department Hosts Youth from 13 Countries for World Cup Sports Initiative: "A Time to Make Friends"
Young International Footballers Scrimmage with U.S. Youth Teams
(Washington File Article, June 16 2006)
 |  | Mengzhou (China) inside the Capitol Hill Committee room where
the US-Czech Republic match was viewed, waiting for DC United
player Bobby Boswell to sign his poster | Peng (China) looking at recently signed autographs by DC United
players Bobby Boswell and Brian Carroll, inside the Capitol
Hill Committee room where the US-Czech Republic match was viewed |  |  | Yun (China) and Anna (Uzbekistan) running drills during a soccer
clinic at the Germantown Soccer Plex in Virginia | Henry (Uganda) passing with Long (China) during a soccer clinic
at the Germantown Soccer Plex in Virginia |  |  | Tarek (Morocco), Nenden (China) and Henry (Uganda) practicing
dribbling skills during a soccer clinic at the Germantown Soccer
Plex in Virginia | Simon Norton (World Learning) spiking the participants up after
a hard afternoon of soccer drills |  |  | Peng (China), Amine (Morocco), Memory (Uganda), and Long
(China) playing basketball with kids at the Boys and Girls Club
of the Greater DC area | Flora (Malaysia), Anna (Uzbekistan), Mengzhou (China) and Yun
(China) playing volleyball with kids at the Boys and Girls Club
of the Greater DC area |  |  | Last Row: Nenden (Indonesia), Mengzhou (China), Jose Maria
(Bolivia), Flora (Malaysia), Anna (Uzbekistan), Ibrahim (Nigeria),
Fahad (Bahrain), Abdul (Pakistan), Freddy Adu (DC United), Tarek
(Lebanon), Rayane (Lebanon), Henry (Uganda), Yasmeen (Bahrain),
Thulani (South Africa), Memory (Uganda), Gustavo (Bolivia)
Front Row: Sheraz (Pakistan), Ashraf (Malaysia), Philip (Nigeria),
Dineo (South Africa) and Sardorhon (Uzbekistan) | Anna (Uzbekistan) and Yun (China) cooling off at the DC United
Practice |  |  | Yun (China) being interviewed after the DC United practice | Mengzhou (China) with a baseball helmet and bat at Headfirst
after a day sports camp was completed for young children |  |  | Shamila (Afghanistan), Mengzhou (China) and Rayane (Lebanon)
during a three on three tournament at Gunston Fields, Virginia | Yun (China) playing cats cradle while waiting at the State
Department to meet Secretary Rice and Under Secretary Hughes |  |  | Rayane (Lebanon), Mengzhou (China), Henry (Uganda), Roia
(Afghanistan), and Nenden (front - Indonesia) looking at a
slideshow of pictures from their DC events thusfar, at a pizza
party hosted at U/S Hughes apartment | Back row: Jose (Bolivia), Thulani (South Africa), Ibrahim (Nigeria),
Ashraf (Malaysia), Flora (Malaysia), Anna (Uzbekistan), Yun
(China), Rayane (Lebanon), Amine (Morocco), Mohammad (Morocco),
U/S Hughes, Nenden (Indonesia), Memory (Uganda), Peng (China),
Yasmeen (Bahrain), Shamila (Afghanistan), Long (China), Sheraz
(Pakistan), Mengzhou (China)
Front row: Fahad (Bahrain), Alam (Indonesia), Tarek (Lebanon),
Philip (Nigeria), Racha (Lebanon), Gustavo (Bolivia), Imane
(Morocco), Henry (Uganda), Dineo (South Africa), Abdul (Pakistan)
and Roia (Afghanistan) |  | | U/S Hughes, Memory (Uganda), and Yun (China) after a pizza
party hosted by U/S Hughes in her apartment complex | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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