Team Ukraine fans found 'round the globe

BERLIN - Among the millions of fans around the globe who are cheering for Team Ukraine in the World Cup soccer tournament are Londoners Marina and Adam Neale and their 7-year-old son. Mr. Neale and his son, Ryan Nicolas (who is known as Nicolya), are seen above during the Ukraine vs Tunisia game played on June 23 in Berlin. Nicolya is wearing Ukrainian striker Andriy Shevchenko's No. 7 jersey - the same one the avid young soccer fan wears to practices of his local soccer club, the Kew Park Rangers, where he is known by his fellow footballers as "Shevchenko." (That nickname takes on even more significance now that the real Shevchenko will be playing in London for Chelsea.) Mrs. Neale hails from Feodosiya in Crimea, Ukraine, where her parents continue to reside; her husband, who is British/Canadian, is a native of Vancouver. Mrs. Neale e-mailed this photo to The Weekly along with a greeting to all soccer fans (especially those who hail from Feodosia) and hopes for Ukraine's victory in its quarter-final match against Italy on June 30.

Copyright © The Ukrainian Weekly, July 2, 2006, No. 27, Vol. LXXIV

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