{"id":12738,"date":"2024-05-30T07:55:43","date_gmt":"2024-05-30T07:55:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/?p=12738"},"modified":"2024-05-30T07:55:44","modified_gmt":"2024-05-30T07:55:44","slug":"pak-soccer-balls-touch-kids-lives-every-day-chairperson-soccer-club","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/?p=12738","title":{"rendered":"Pak Soccer balls touch kids&#8217; lives every day, Chairperson Soccer Club"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" data-id=\"12739\" src=\"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG-20240530-WA0052-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12739\" srcset=\"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG-20240530-WA0052-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG-20240530-WA0052-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG-20240530-WA0052-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG-20240530-WA0052-1536x1023.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG-20240530-WA0052.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Our sports goods connect nations: Masood Khan<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Quality and Value: DC Soccer Club Champions Pakistani-Made Soccer Balls<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Washington :- \u201cWe are incredibly happy with the quality of the soccer balls that are made in Pakistan. In addition to just the quality of the ball, the branding that is put on it is identifiable,\u201d said Mr. Grey Andrulis, Executive Director DC Soccer Club, during his meeting with Ambassador Masood Khan at the Embassy of Pakistan. He was accompanied by Zainab Schwartz, Chairperson, Board of Directors, DC Soccer Club.<br>\u201cYou can go to any park in DC, a soccer park and see a soccer ball that has been made in Pakistan,\u201d he observed.<br>\u201cWe get great prices and great quality balls,\u201d he continued.<br>\u201cEven delivery is always on time,\u201d he added.<br>Highlighting the strength and reliability of soccer balls made in Pakistan, Mr. Andrulis noted that even the four to five years used balls \u201chave scuffs and stuff, but they are still good balls because they are so strong.\u201d<br>\u201cI can tell you is that we have returns on uniforms but nobody ever brings back a Pak-made soccer balls,\u201d he observed.<br>\u201cI am very proud that my country, Pakistan is represented in kids\u2019 life on a daily basis,\u201d said Zainab Schwartz, Chairperson, Board of Directors, DC Soccer Club.<br>DC Soccer Club is the largest soccer club tri-state DMV area comprising the capital city of Washington and the surrounding portions of Maryland and Virginia. Founded in 1977 as DC Stoddert Soccer, the club has a membership of over 7500 kids. The Club gets around 2500 made-in-Pakistan soccer balls on annual basis.<br>Thanking the management of DC Soccer Club for their compliments and trust in made-in-Pakistan soccer balls, Ambassador Masood Khan highlighted that Pakistan was producing 70% of the world soccer balls.<br>\u201cOur sports goods connect people. Our signature products are promoting human wellbeing, healthy minds and healthy societies,\u201d said the Ambassador.<br>\u201cWe are proud of the quality of our exports. We are focused on making our products even more competitive to secure greater market share,\u201d he observed.<br>The Ambassador also welcomed suggestion made by Chairperson DC Soccer Club to hold Embassy Cup in 2025 as precursor to 2026 FIFA World Cup.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our sports goods connect nations: Masood Khan Quality and Value: DC Soccer Club Champions Pakistani-Made Soccer Balls Washington :- \u201cWe are incredibly happy with the quality of the soccer balls&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":12739,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,4],"tags":[414,67],"class_list":["post-12738","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breaking-news","category-international","tag-ambassador-of-pakistan-in-usa","tag-usa-embassy-pakistan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12738","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12738"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12738\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12740,"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12738\/revisions\/12740"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/12739"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12738"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12738"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12738"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}