John: WELCOME BACK.
IT WAS A BIG HIT LAST YEAR, AND
IT'S BACK.
FOUR FTION PROFESSIONAL SOCCER TEAMS
WILL COMPETE FOR THE PACIFIC RIM
CUP THIS WEEKEND.
HERE TO TELL US MORE, TOURNAMENT
ORGANIZER MR.~TAKEHIKO NAKAMURA
AND JAVIER IS HERE.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
THANK YOU.
John: MR.~NAKAMURA, THIS IS
GREAT.
TELL ME ABOUT THE TEAMS.
THIS IS EXCITING FOR ALL SOCCER
FANS HERE IN HAWAI'I.
RIGHT.
IT'S GOING TO BE FOUR TEAMS.
ONE FROM CANADA, ONE FROM U.S.,
TWO FROM JAPAN.
MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER VANCOUVER
WHITECAPS.
REAL SALT LAKE AND FROM JAPAN,
NAGASAKI.
AND URAKI.
THIS IS PROFESSIONAL SOCCER
AT ITS BEST.
WE SPEND THAT WHOLE YEAR TO
SELECT THE BEST TEAMS THAT CAN
FIT THIS MARKET.
WE HAVE TWO TEAMS THAT ARE BACK
FROM LAST YEAR.
John: WHAT WAS THE RESPONSE
FROM LAST YEAR'S EVENT?
OBVIOUSLY, YOU'RE BACK SO IT
MUST HAVE BEEN GOOD.
I'D LOVE TO KNOW WHAT YOU
THOUGHT.
LAST YEAR, WE DIDN'T HAVE
PROOF OF CONCEPT.
THIS YEAR WE EXCEEDED ATTENDANCE
BY FAR THAT WE SET.
ALL FOUR TEAMS WANT TO THE COME
BACK.
WE DIDN'T WANT TO HAVE THE SAME
TEAM.
John: WHAT'S NEW THIS YEAR?
WE ADDED HIGH SCHOOL ALL
STARR GAME WHICH IS GOING TO
PLAY AGAINST THE FUKUSHIMA.
AND KEIKI WAS GOING TO BE THERE.
IT WAS SO POPULAR WE SOLD OUT IN
20 MINUTES.
John: TELL ME FOR THE KEIKI
CLINIC.
NOT AVAILABLE TO SIGN UP NOW BUT
THERE'S ALWAYS NEXT YEAR.
SO MAIN CONCEPT OF THE
TOURNAMENT IS MAKING SURE THAT
HAWAI'I AND KIDS CAN BE IN TOUCH
WITH PRO PLAYERS.
THAT'S PART OF THE IDEA.
AND THESE KIDS ARE
PARTICIPATING.
WE HAVE MORE THAN TWO HUNDRED
KIDS THIS YEAR IN THE CLIPPIC.
WILL BE PLAYING WITH PRO PLAYERS
FOR TWO HOURS AT ALOHA STADIUM.
John: WHAT DO THEY LEARN
OTHER THAN BEING ABLE TO LOOK UP
TO SOME PLAYERS AND LEARN FROM
THE BEST.
WHAT ARE THE SKILLS THAT THEY'RE
LEARNING?
THEY HAVE TO DRIBBLE.
HOW TO SHOOT.
FREE KICKS AND THEY HAVE A GREAT
TIME.
THESE GUYS, PRO PLAYERS ARE 20
YEARS OLD, 25 YEARS OLD.
THEY'RE PRETTY YOUNG AND HAVE A
BLAST WITH THEM.
John: BEST WAY TO LEARNING
FROM GUYS THEY LOOK UP TO.
YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT THEY KNOW.
OF COURSE.
THEY'RE PLAYING FOR U.S.
NATIONAL TEAM.
John: WHAT ARE THE AGES OF
KIDS?
FIVE TO 13.
John: IF YOU FALL IN THAT
RANGE NEXT YEAR, WE'LL PROBABLY
HAVE A LINK ON OUR WEBSITE THAT
CAN LINK YOU TO THE
REGISTRATION.
WE'LL GET THAT FROM YOU AND HAVE
THAT AFTER THE SHOW OR NEAR
FUTURE.
I WANT TO KNOW WHAT YOU THINK A
SOCCER TOURNAMENT LIKE THIS DOES
FOR THE STATE.
IT IS A BIG DEAL.
WE JUST DIDN'T WANT TO DO A
SOCCER TOURNAMENT.
THERE'S THE COMPONENT THAT THE
COMMUNITY COULD ENJOY.
THERE'S A HUGE IMPACT ON KIDS
WHEN THEY WATCH PROFESSIONAL
ATHLETES LIVE.
SOCCER COMMUNITY IS GROWING IN
HAWAI'I.
WE HOPE THAT EVERY YEAR THEY GET
TO SEE THE PROS.
AND THAT CONTINUES TO INSPIRE
KIDS.
John: IT'S FOUR GAMES.
TWO SEPARATE MATCHUPS ON TWO
DAYS.
IF YOU CAN GIVE THAT INFORMATION
AND HOW FOLKS CAN GET TICKETS TICKETS.
FIRST GAME IS FRIDAY FEBRUARY 8 AT 5:30.
ATTIC ETAT TICKETMASTER AND PACIFIC RIM
CUP.com.
FIRST GAME IS 2:30.
John: IF YOU COULD RATTLE
THE FIRST COUPLE GAMES.
WHO'S PLAYING WHO?
IWAKI PLAYING REAL SALT
LAKE.
AND VANCOUVER AND NAGASAKI.
John: THIRD AND
CHAMPIONSHIP GAME ON SUNDAY.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
PLEASE COME BANG COME BACK NEXT YEAR.
WE'LL HAVE THE CLINIC
INFORMATION FOR NEXT YEAR.
AND TELL ME WHEN THAT IS.
11:00 SUNDAY.
John: BEFORE THE PROS HIGH
SCHOOL GAME.
IF YOU WANT TO SEE TOPNOTCH
SOCCER ON THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL.
FOR FREE.
THANK YOU.