In an historic U.S. collegiate first, the men’s soccer team
competed with local players on Vietnamese soil during an
18-day
excursion in June 2006 that combined soccer with Vincentian
service and learning. Team members volunteered at Daughters of
Charity school in Da Lat for poor children and at an orphanage
primarily for the deaf and mute in Hanoi. Players also submerged
themselves in Vietnamese culture and history. “The most rewarding
thing I’ve taken with me from the trip,” says Team Captain Georgios
Spanos “was the interaction with the Vietnamese children we met. We
were really moved by the experience and decided to all pitch in
with our own money and donate the proceeds to the Daughters of
Charity.”