Nash drafts Davis, Kidd for charity soccer match-

[the MVP]

스티브 내쉬가 NBA Draft 이브날 , Charrity soccer match를 펼치네요.

배런 데이비스, 제이슨 키드, 티에리 앙리, 클라우디오 레이나 를 섭외했네요.

라자벨, 바보사, 조아킴 노아도 참여한다는거 같습니다. 중간에 보니까

Robbie Fowler and Steve McManaman 도 참여한다는거 같기도 하고..

배런 데이비스,제이슨 키드,조아킴 노아는 축구 했다는 얘기는 전혀 못들어봤는데 꼬드김에 넘어온듯 ㅎㅎ;

내일 youtube에 영상 뜨길 바랍니다~

Nash, soccer star Henry among players in charity soccer match

By Marc Stein
ESPN.com
(Archive)

Updated: June 24, 2008, 1:14 AM ET

NEW YORK -- Phoenix Suns guard Steve Nash will be doing some drafting of his own on the eve of the NBA draft, calling in some big names from his two favorite sports for a first of its kind charity game.

Baron Davis, Jason Kidd and international soccer star Thierry Henry have committed to join Nash and longtime U.S. national team captain Claudio Reyna for a charity soccer match at 5:30 p.m. at Nike Field on Chyrstie Street in Chinatown. The match is open to the public. Nash spends a good bit of his summers playing soccer in New York and has grown close with Reyna, who moved to Major League Soccer's New York Red Bulls after playing in four World Cups and a long career in Europe that included stints in Germany, Scotland and England. Nash and Reyna are co-hosting the event and a subsequent private auction in SoHo to benefit their respective foundations, billing it as "The Showdown In Chinatown." Henry and Nash are also close, but the Barcelona striker didn't expect to be available to make a trip to the States this week. That changed when France crashed out early at Euro 2008, placing last in the so-called Group of Death behind the Netherlands, Italy and Romania and managing just one goal -- from Henry -- in three games. Other soccer luminaries scheduled to participate include Liverpool legends Robbie Fowler and Steve McManaman in a reunion of their successful partnership for the storied English club in the 1990s; hot-shot American striker Jozy Altidore; who at 18 just signed a deal to leave the Red Bulls for Villareal in Spain's Primera Liga; Red Bulls striker Juan Pablo Angel; and U.S. national team defender Gregg Berhalter, who plays in Germany for 1860 Munich. Yet the most unique aspect of the game -- which will be played on artificial turf with eight players per side -- might be the participation of Davis and Kidd, who rank with Nash among the league's top point guards but don't have Nash's soccer background. Other NBA veterans expected to trade in their sneakers for boots include Nash's Suns teammate Raja Bell, whose wife Cindy played collegiate soccer while both were at Florida International, and two foreign-born players who did have a soccer upbringing like Nash: Phoenix's Leandro Barbosa and Chicago's Joakim Noah. The Suns have to come to accept that Nash, 34, will play a lot of soccer in the offseason as a way to keep his body in top condition while also taking a break from competitive basketball. He still schedules regular shooting sessions in the summertime, but the bulk of Nash's regimen features gym work and rec-league soccer. "I can't wait," Nash said. "Football and my foundation are two of my big passions and the chance to bring together guys like Thierry and Baron and Jason and Claudio ... it's going to be a lot of fun. And the best part is that it's free to anyone who wants to come watch us." Asked about Nash's soccer habit, Suns president Steve Kerr said: "I have no problem with it. It keeps him in shape and keeps his mind fresh." Nash has also described soccer as a helpful outlet to recover from playoff disappointment, which this summer finds the Suns -- much like Henry and Les Bleus -- still stinging from a first-round exit to San Antonio that eventually led to coach Mike D'Antoni's relocation to the New York Knicks, ending a successful four-year run under D'Antoni that propelled Nash to back-to-back MVP awards. And Nash -- whose father, John, played soccer professionally in England and South Africa and whose younger brother Martin plays for the Canadian national team as well as the Vancouver Whitecaps one rung below MLS -- has made no secret of the fact that he plans to take his involvement in the sport past the hobby stage when his NBA career is over. Just since October, Nash has revealed his dream of getting involved at an ownership level with his beloved Tottenham Hotspur in the English Premier League and has been working directly with Major League Soccer commissioner Don Garber to bring an MLS expansion franchise to Vancouver in his native British Columbia in partnership with with former Yahoo! president Jeff Mallett. Nash also recently joined Mallett as an investor the fledgling Women's Professional Soccer league, saying he wanted to be part of something that would give his twin daughters role models in his other favorite sport besides basketball. Marc Stein is the senior NBA writer for ESPN.com. To e-mail him, click here.

[HEAT!Shaq32]

와우 맥마나만!!!

[줌플5키드]

키드도 농구이전에 축구를 먼저 했었죠..

[the MVP]

라자벨 와이프 신디도 참여하는군요..

[Derrick Rose25]

코비도 어렸을떄 꿈이 AC밀란에 뛰는거였죠...아쉽내요..코비가 없는개..아버지때문에 어렸을떄 이태리에서 살았죠..ㅋ

[Raul]

오 로비파울러까지 !!!

[askjvnlasnkv]

아.. 단신앙리 어쩜좋아 ㅋㅋㅋㅋ 너무귀여웤 ㅋ

[폭풍간지내쉬]

내쉬는 잉글랜드 선수들이랑 친한가보네요...오랫만에 듣는 이름들 로비 파울러와 스티브 맥마나만 ㅎㅎ

[키드가 되고싶어요~~^^;;]

브라질 출신인 날쌘돌이 바보사의 실력이 기대되네요

[3kidd2]

내쉬야. 키드 끌어들이지마,, 축구하다가 다치면 어떡해 ㅜㅜ

[달리아~*]

앙리가 세레모니나 행동이 괜히 nba feel 나는게 아니었구만~ ㅋㅋㅋ

[O.B.F]

노아가 젤 기대되는건 저뿐인가요? ㅋㅋㅋ