Zinedine Zidane hands American kids dream training session
Zinedine Zidane gave the USA's top youngsters the thrill of a lifetime last week in Colorado.
While Spanish press were asking where Zizou was for Cristiano Ronaldo's stellar Real Madrid signing ceremony, we can reveal the French legend was putting America's best kids through their paces.
On Tuesday, Zidane made a surprise visit to the 12th Annual adidas Elite Soccer Program (ESP) at the MLS Colorado Rapids practice field in Denver, Colorado. This premier youth development program was attended by the top 102 youth players in the nation who were surprised by Zidane’s arrival and then treated to the opportunity of a lifetime as they ran drills with him on the field.
Thanks to Jamie Schwaberow / RCA / Denver CO for the photos:
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| Dallas | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -7 | 12 |
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| Montreal Impact | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -6 | 12 |
| Chivas USA | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -6 | 10 |
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Comments (12)
hello...i am from romania and my favourite football player is zidane...for me he still the best...i started to watch footbal because of him...i love him so much and i have all the respect for him and his nice family...he remanis the GOD of footbal...when he had the ball everything was poetry..it touched it in some way like nobody did or does..he is the best of all time...all the best!
bien merci, monsieur zizou.
Waooooo!
Zizzu was such a great player.
It gladden my heart to watch the grandmaster played the most beautiful game once again.
He still made the game look so easy to play with little effort. Many thanks to Zidane for transfering a few of his master trademark to the lads in US. Zizzu leaves on forever
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