Four youngsters from Eldos have been selected to participate in the Gothia World Youth Cup
The Gothia World Youth Cup, which will be held in Gothenburg, Sweden.
A team of 18 boys from the South African School of soccer has been selected to participate in the Gothia World Youth Cup, which will be held in Gothenburg, Sweden. The Gothia World Youth Cup is one of the most well-known youth soccer tournaments in the world, with a total of 1700 teams and more than 70 countries participating each year.
16-year-olds, Joshua Brown,Ceswell Petersen, who attend Kliptown Secondary School, Lebo Maluleka, who attends Eldomain Secondary and Shafeeq Goodman from Lanceavale Secondary School are four youngsters from Eldorado Park who have been selected to be a part of the South African team that will travel to Sweden.
Fagmida Brown, who Joshua Brown’s mother said that all four boys started playing soccer when they were around 10-years-old. “It has always been their passion to play soccer and to be professional soccer players. All of them belong to soccer clubs. Joshua, Ceswell and Shafeeq belong to Aces United and Lebo are at Colechester,” said Brown.
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“As parents, we felt nervous and a little stressed as this is their first overseas trip as well as travelling without their parents. We googled and did research on the Gothia Cup registration.
“We even did research on South Africa School of Soccer. We went as far as sending emails to the organisers of the Gothia cup to make sure this is legit.
“We are extremely excited that our boys are given the opportunity to represent their community Eldorado Park, their schools, local soccer teams and especially our country South Africa in this youth tournament. This tournament could open doors for them and we want them to seize the moment and opportunity,” she added.
Each of the boys is in need of R12 000, which will be used for plane tickets. “The other expenses have already been paid for,” said Brown. The youngsters will be leaving on July 12 and will be in Sweden until July 21.
The four families are appealing to the community and local businesses to assist in ensuring the boys make it to Sweden. Anyone who would like to make a donation can contact Fagmida Brown on 084 207 4373.
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