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• Oregon man takes his soccer seriously, in Hungary (Portland Tribune - Tuesday, 20 September 2005)
  
  Soccer advocate Gabor Becht of Orenco Station organized a youth tournament that brought 110 teams and 2,000 players to Kaspovar, Hungary, in July. Now he's working on the second Hummel Youth Football Festival Hungary, and hoping that teams from Oregon will choose to take part next July 23 through July 29. The first festival had teams from Croatia, Estonia, France, Germany, Ghana, Hungary, Malta, Moldavia, Nigeria, Peru, Romania, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovenia and Ukraine - all boys. "Our intent was to have girls, too, but youth girls soccer is still very weak in most of Europe," says Becht, 58, who is a linguist for Intel Corp. and has Hungarian-Brazilian citizenship. Next year's event, for ages 9 to 19, also could have teams from Washington, California, Denmark and Asia. "The focus is fun soccer and forming friendships," he says. [Steve Brandon, Sports Editor]

  
  

• A dream of uniting the youth in soccer in Hungary (Budapest Sun, 20 October 2005)
  
  Hungarian-American-Brazilian Gábor Becht is helping to bring young soccer players from all over the world together, through co-organizing the Youth Football Festival Hungary with a Hungarian colleague. "We have the same vision, of rebuilding Hungarian football and to bring kids from abroad closer to Hungarian youngsters in order to learn from each other," Becht told The Budapest Sun. The festival was held in 2005 for the first time in Kaposvár, Hungary, and bought 110 teams and 2,000 players together. Now Becht hopes to bring teams from Oregon, where he currently lives, and from his home in Brazil to Hungary for the next tournament. "Youth soccer is very big and popular in Portland," explained Becht. "Although there are many interested teams, unfortunately there is no funding." The cross-cultural specialist was born in Turkey, emigrated to Brazil, where he grew up, but enrolled in an American school. "I like to utilize my international background, and since I have always been heavily involved with football, I would like to bring as many youth football teams together as possible from all over the world," explained Becht. The football fan and his Hungarian organizer are currently working on the second festival to be held in Hungary again...
  
  If you have a team you would like to compete in next year's tournament, contact Becht direct at hungary2006@ccs-inter.com [by Susanne Zolcer, Sports Reporter]

  
  

• First US team to join 2nd Youth Football Festival (Budapest Sun, 27 April 2006)
  
  HUNGARIAN-American-Brazilian Gábor Becht, who co-organized the first Youth Football Festival in Hungary, says he now managed to register the first US team for the second tournament, fulfilling his vision of uniting American kids with Hungarians through soccer. As previously reported in The Budapest Sun (A dream of uniting the youth in soccer in Hungary, Oct 20, 2005), the cross-cultural specialist and his Hungarian colleagues last year brought 110 teams and 2,000 players from all over the world together "in order to learn from each other," but without an American team. "Although US football has never achieved the former glory days as soccer did in Hungary, the undeniable organizational skills of amateur soccer in the US is something to be learned from and could offer a great competitive challenge to Hungarians," Becht told The Budapest Sun. With the help of Becht, the second tournament in Kaposvár (180km southwest of Budapest) running from July 23-29, will now feature a team from the Arlington Travel Soccer Club (Arlington, Virginia) . The organizer said there were obvious reasons why this would be the first team to visit from the US. "The distance, the cost and the logistics of flying 10,000 kilometers to Hungary over the Atlantic are still a challenge, even for 'rich' Americans, and it takes a year to fund and save for overseas trips," he explained. As the main Hungarian-American contact for the US team, Becht is helping to find accommodations, simplifying the registration process and preparing the team for the competition in the "still unknown destination overseas."
  
  If you have a team you would like to compete in this year's tournament, contact Becht direct at hungary2006@ccs-inter.com [by Susanne Zolcer, Sports Reporter]