Seattle honors runners-up Baro soccer stars

By Muluneh Yohannes | August 31, 2007

The Baro Soccer Club of Seattle shot to prominence this year when they ended up vying for the trophy at this year's Soccer Tournament in Dallas, Texas.

Lots of fans of Baro pose for a group photo shortly after Baro claimed second place in the first division. Last year, Baro were Champions of the second division, and their rise this year was described as "meteoric."

Two soccer fans are all smiles at the Dallas Tournament, where Baro were fancied as would-be champions of 2007.

Sport commentators at the ESFNA festival in Dallas never hide their surprise at the high performance of the Baro team. This reporter was there at the final match between Los Angeles and Seattle Baro. It was evident that Baro played short for 50 minutes after losing one player for a controversial red card. Even so, it was not easy at all to LA to win the match except after the extra time period.

Instructor Kassahun Teka, guest of honor of ESFNA was also a special guest of Seattle. Kassahun and Zufan (the owner of Mesob Ethiopian Restaurant) presented medals and special awards to members of the team. Zufan is tipped as the “mother of the Baro club” because of her unwavering assistance to the club. The organizers gave special thanks to Enana Kassa for allowing the premises of Zobel Restaurant for this and similar community occasions. The Ethiopian Community Mutual Association also presented certificates to Ethiopian business establishments for a continued contribution and support to the over all community activity. Ethiomedia.com is one of the recipients of the Certificate of Appreciation.

Members of the team promised the vibrant audience to achieve more results in the coming years. Seattle Baro has Yohanes Woldemariam as President, Natnael Tamiru as Captain while Biruk Dagne serves the team as a coach. Staff members of Ethiomedia would like to use this opportunity to congratulate the Seattle Baro and we will keep on doing our level best to help these kinds of community initiatives. Our sincere appreciation also goes to Dawit Solomon, Dagnew Yigezu and Tito Wolde for your service to the Ethiopian Community.

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The write can be contacted at muluneh@ethiomedia.com