Youth players to rub shoulders with Women’s World Cup stars

Posted: 3:00 AM CDT Thursday, May. 28, 2015

YOUTH from seven Manitoba soccer programs will get up close and personal with the top women's players in the world at the upcoming 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup. As part of the tournament's youth program, athletes from 50 youth clubs across Canada will get to participate in the tournament as flag-bearers, player escorts or ball crew members.

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YOUTH from seven Manitoba soccer programs will get up close and personal with the top women’s players in the world at the upcoming 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup. As part of the tournament’s youth program, athletes from 50 youth clubs across Canada will get to participate in the tournament as flag-bearers, player escorts or ball crew members.

The player escorts, who will be drawn from kids between six and 10 years old, will walk hand-in-hand with players onto the pitch, and stand beside them during the national anthems. Teens between ages 15 and 17 will help serve on the ball crew, ensuring one ball is kept in play for “as long as possible” during matches, FIFA said in a statement, which helps maintain the flow of the games.

Finally, youth between the ages of 12 and 17 will serve as flag-bearers, carrying either national or FIFA Fair Play banners while players march onto the field.

In Manitoba, youth program participants will be chosen from the Bonivital, FC NorthWest, Hanover, St. Charles, St. John’s High School, Winnipeg Phoenix and Winnipeg South End United soccer programs.