Yesterday, Vincent Frascogna, Etihad Airways Vice President of the Americas, joined the First Lady of New York City, Chirlane McCray, along with partners and community members to unveil the newest group of mini soccer pitches across the city. This is part of the ʻO ka New York City Soccer Initiative (NYCSI) hoʻolauleʻa nei i ka moʻomeheu soccer ikaika o NYC. Ua hana ʻia kahi ʻoki kūpana kūhelu ma Flushing Meadows Corona Park.
Hana paʻa ʻo Etihad i ka lawelawe ʻana i kahi audienc honuaa me nā mea pā pōpō peku a makemake e hoʻonui i nā hoʻolālā soccer ʻana i 10,000 2021 mau keiki ʻo New Yorkers e 750,000. I kēia makahiki, ʻo ia ke kolu o ka makahiki pākahi a Etihad i hāʻawi aku ai i ka New York City Soccer Initiative a hoʻohiki i kahi huina hoʻopukapuka kālā o $ 5 ma mua o 50 mau makahiki i hoʻopau i nā kahua kinipōpō hīnaʻi he 5 i nā kaiāulu i kūkulu ʻole ʻia ma nā wahi āpau o XNUMX.
"Ma ke ʻano he mokulele honua nui, hoʻolauleʻa ʻo Etihad i ka mana o ka soccer e hoʻohui a hoʻohui i nā kaiāulu, ma ka wahi a me ka honua. Nui mākou hauʻoli e ulu i kā mākou pilina me ka NYC Soccer Initiative. Kūlike kēia pilina me kā mākou waiwai nui, a manaʻo mākou he mea nui ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana. He hub ʻo New York no Etihad no 14 mau makahiki, a haʻaheo mākou e hoʻihoʻi i ke kūlanakauhale i hāʻawi nui iā mākou. Ke kakali nei mākou i ka hoʻomau ʻana i ka wehe ʻana i nā kahua hou ma nā ʻaoʻao he 5 a me ka lawe ʻana mai i nā polokalamu kinipōpō manuahi i nā ʻōpio ʻo New Yorkers, "i ʻōlelo ʻia e Vincent Frascogna, ka Pelekikena Pelekikena ʻo Etihad Airways o ʻAmelika.
Ua poʻo ʻia ka hanana o kēia makahiki e kahi hōʻike kiʻi paʻi e hōʻike ana i ka moʻomeheu soccer ma ke alanui o NYC e like me ka hopu ʻia ʻana e ka poʻe ʻōpio mai ke kūlanakauhale. Pono nā poʻe pā pōleʻele ʻē aʻe e hauʻoli i ka hana nui e like me kēia, a e lawe ana ʻo Etihad i kēia hōʻike ma ka mākaʻikaʻi ʻana i nā keʻena o ka honua a puni ka honua. Ma ke ʻano he mahalo i ke kaiāulu kūloko, haʻaheo ʻo Etihad e hoʻolōʻihi aku i kahi 120 mau tikika i nā mea komo i ka NYCSI a me 2 mau malihini i koho ʻia no ka pāʻani playoff mua e hiki mai ana.
ʻO Vincent Frascogna, Etihad Hope Pelekikena, ʻAmelika
ʻO ka wahine wahine mua o ke kūlanakauhale ʻo New York a me ke kime ʻo NYCFC ua ʻoki ʻo Kāpena Alex Ring i ka lipine mini pitch kiʻekiʻe ma Flushing Meadows Corona Park me ka mea hoʻokūkū hoʻokūkū kiʻi, ʻo Kweku Brew
