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THE GUEST OF HONORS
Mengistu spent his entire club playing career with Saint George FC, where he started at the age of 16. He played 115 times for the Ethiopian national team and scored a record 68 goals. He played a pivotal role in helping Ethiopia win its only African Nations Cup when the third edition was held in Ethiopia in 1962. As a player, Mengistu has taken part in 7 African Nations Cup tournaments (1959-1970) and scored 10 goals. He was given numerous offers to play professionally for teams in Italy and France, as well as Egypt’s El Zamalek, but like earlier legend and coach Yidnekatchew, he refused all offers and stayed in Ethiopia wearing St. George’s characteristic “V” across his chest.Mengistu spent his entire club playing career with Saint George FC, where he started at the age of 16. He played 115 times for the Ethiopian national team and scored a record 68 goals. He played a pivotal role in helping Ethiopia win its only African Nations Cup when the third edition was held in Ethiopia in 1962. As a player, Mengistu has taken part in 7 African Nations Cup tournaments (1959-1970) and scored 10 goals. He was given numerous offers to play professionally for teams in Italy and France, as well as Egypt’s El Zamalek, but like earlier legend and coach Yidnekatchew, he refused all offers and stayed in Ethiopia wearing St. George’s characteristic “V” across his chest.
ESFNA
Ethiopian Sports Federation in North America (ESFNA), founded in 1985 in wasngtion dc, is a non-profit organization dedicated to promote the rich Ethiopian culture and heritage as well as build positive environment within Ethiopian-American communities in North America. Its mission is bringing Ethiopians together to network, supporting the business community, empowering the young by providing scholarships and mentoring programs, primarily using soccer tournaments, other sports activities and cultural events as a vehicle.
July 3rd, 2010 San Jose, CA ESFNA:
There are approximately 5,000 visitors divided equally between watching the games and or hanging out at the vending sections of Spartan stadium. The weather has been perfect all day and the evening weather has been even better. There is an entertaining game of soccer on the field between LA Stars and San Francisco Walia teams and healthy bantering going on between the fans of the two clubs….oh wow! Frisco just scored 1 sending the local fans into a frenzy – game tied 1 -1. Game On!!! 70th minute LA striker takes goalie one-on-one and scores a cheeky goal. Game 2 -1. 80th minute Frisco player gets a red. 85th minute another LA striker rips one from 70 yards away with such force that it bends the fingers of the goalie and hits the back of the net. Game 3-1. Final whistle blows LA Stars are the champions…..Congratulations LA Stars ESFNA 2010 Champions!!!!!
Day 7 – Saturday July 3rd, 2010
See you at the Closing Event at the San Jose Convention Center folks…..let’s close it out real strong with a lineup of exciting entertainers!
- Winners Ethio-LA Stars – Division I
- Winners LA Vegas – Division II…they also go into division I next year.
Kansas is in!!! It will join the ESFNA family as the 28th member team starting 2011.
Division II Final
- Las Vegas over San Diego : 4 – 2
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LA Stars over San Francisco: 3 – 1
Human Ancestor Ethiopian ‘Lucy’ Walked Upright 3.2 Million Years Ago
By LiveScience Staff :
The discovery of a new hominid skeleton in Ethiopia shows that the human ancestor represented by the famed “Lucy” walked on two legs rather than moving like a knuckle dragger, researchers say.
Anthropologists have long debated whether the short-statured female Lucy typically walked upright or not. She had represented the only known skeleton ofAustralopithecus afarensis, and would have stood at a height of 3.5 feet (about a meter) some 3.2 million years ago. Read the rest of this entry »

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