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 Ethan
Zohn, CBS’ Survivor: Africa Champion, will appear at the
National Soccer Hall of Fame on Saturday, July 16 at 7:00pm in
conjunction with the
Girls' College Showcase Tournament.
“We have been
working with Ethan and
GrassRoot Soccer for more than a year to find the right
event and date,” Director of Operations
Kathryn Dailey said. “He has been so busy from his
appearances in subsequent Survivor series to his commentary on
the World Cup to his regular charity work in Africa. It has been
a challenge to find the right event on an available date. This
will be an appearance that everyone will want to attend. And now
he has added host duties on the MSG Network’s Metro Soccer
Report!”
 Zohn
was a high school and collegiate soccer player before continuing
his playing career as a professional for the Highlanders
Football Club in Zimbabwe and the Cape Cod Crusaders of the
United Soccer Leagues. While playing in Zimbabwe he saw first
hand the devastating effects that HIV/AIDS was having on the
indigenous population. The win in Survivor: Africa presented
Ethan with an opportunity to create a non-profit foundation,
GrassRoot Soccer, an international HIV/AIDS awareness and
educational organization, with Dr. Thomas Clark, M.D., Kirk
Friedrich, and Methembe Ndlovu, teammates from Highlanders Club.
The mission of
GrassRoot Soccer is to help educate people about the
worldwide problem of HIV/AIDS and about the work that is
currently being done to fight it.
“I look
forward to sharing the
GrassRoot Soccer message with the players attending the
tournament that weekend and with the people of Oneonta,’ Ethan
said. “While our mission was born out of the frightening
experience of seeing some of our teammates and friends “get
sick” then die, we soon realized that we had a whole world to
educate. In the past year we have created new programs to bring
our knowledge about HIV/AIDS to every corner of every country.
Sadly, it seems a mountain higher that Everest, but we are
committed to going wherever whenever we can to fight this
scourge on humanity. I hope the entire community of Oneonta will
join me at the Hall of Fame for a night that celebrates the
richness of life and the importance of being sure you can enjoy
it for a full lifetime!”
About GrassRoot Soccer
GrassRoot Soccer
is an international AIDS awareness and educational organization.
Founded in 2002, by current and former professional soccer
players, our mission is to mobilize the global soccer
community to combat the AIDS epidemic in Africa. We
train professional African soccer players and other role models
to educate youth about critical life-skills and HIV/AIDS
prevention strategies. Our focus is on helping youth to adopt
healthy behaviors and empowering them to reach out to others in
the community.
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About the National Soccer Hall
of Fame and Museum
 Located in
Oneonta, NY, the National Soccer Hall of Fame opened a 30,000
square foot, state-of-the-art museum in 1999. The Hall of Fame
tells the story of soccer in
America through artifacts, photographs, and video clips. The new
Hall features an extensive interactive, youth oriented Kicks
Zone where visitors have fun kicking,
heading and playing computer trivia stations and video
soccer games. The VideoWall portrays some of the greatest
moments and the greatest goals in history as well as live soccer
action with World Cup, MLS, and U.S. Soccer matches. Unique and
rare artifacts on exhibit range from the world’s oldest soccer
ball to the FIFA Women’s World Cup trophy won by the USA in
1999,
Pelé's and Mia Hamm’s uniforms, Kristine Lilly’s golden
shoes, NASL championship rings, the original MLS championship
trophy, MLS gallery - it’s all at the National Soccer Hall of
Fame. In addition to the interactive Museum, the National Soccer
Hall of Fame complex boasts the
Kicks
Zone Store,
a research library, four world-class soccer fields and
office/meeting facilities. The Hall plans to add a stadium, an
indoor soccer arena and housing facilities in the future.
The mission of
the National Soccer Hall of Fame is to celebrate the history,
honor the heroes, inspire the youth and preserve the legacy of
soccer in the United States.
The National
Soccer Hall of Fame is open every day of the year, except
Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's. Admission is $9.00 for
adults, $8.00 for students, $6.50 for children 6 or older and
senior citizens. Children 5 and under are free.
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