Giving Thanks for a Winning Soccer Team
24 November 2010
DWoodburn High School in Woodburn, Oregon
This is the VOA Special English Education Report.
Thursday is the Thanksgiving holiday in the United States. Americans gather with family and friends to share a meal. Some celebrate the holiday by telling what they are most thankful for.
This holiday season, a group of student-athletes in Woodburn, Oregon has given its community something to be thankful for.
The Woodburn High School boys soccer team has reached the state soccer championship playoffs for twenty-five straight seasons. But the Bulldogs had never won the state championship -- until this year.
Their victory on Saturday also represents a win for their mostly Hispanic hometown.
Writer Steve Wilson spent a year recording the successes and problems of the team. He wrote a book called “The Boys from Little Mexico: A Season Chasing the American Dream.” It tells about a community struggling with issues such as immigration and cultural changes.
Migrant farm workers from Mexico started coming to Woodburn, Oregon about fifty years ago. Many of the workers stayed and made the town their home. So the town became known as "Little Mexico."
Steve Wilson thinks the Woodburn boys soccer team’s continued hard work and effort to win the state championship is similar to their cultural experiences.
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