Interviews With Claudio Reyna and Salomon Kalou at The Steve Nash "Showdown in Chinatown" Charity Soccer Game
du Nord, September 25, 2009
By Carl CarpenterThis summer I had the chance to interview two players, Claudio Reyna and Salomon Kalou, after Steve Nash's second annual celebrity soccer match. Proceeds from the event went towards the Steve Nash Foundation and the Claudio Reyna Foundation. The set-up is a free, 8-a-side match featuring NBA players and professional soccer players. The match was held at Sara D. Roosevelt Park (Chrystie Street & Houston Street) in Manhattan's Lower East Side.The match fell on the same day the U.S. national team's historic victory over Spain in the Confederations Cup. An excited crowd of U.S. supporters adorned in Red, White, and Blue began to occupy the area outside the fence. A DJ was spinning hip remixes by artists like England's Gorillaz and Virginia's N.E.R.D. The rowdy, likely intoxicated, crew of U.S. victory celebrators joined in on a rousing version of the White Stripe's, "Seven Nation Army." It's been a popular football chant of the last couple years, originating with Serie A crowds in Italy. There w