Denmark, July 6-11. The Dana Cup, known as "the world's most international youth soccer tournament" is held every year in the city of Hjorring, Denmark. It is claimed that, this tournament has the largest number of participating countries in any internationanal soccer tournament. Over the last 25 years, half a million participant from over 100 countries have made it to Dana Cup. Oh, boy!
This boy −Yonden Sherpa− the sporting kid of yeti Kalden Sherpa, the evergreen Khiladi No.1 of HimSoc, has made the whole Yeti World proud to become, perhaps the first yeti kid to kick and win the prestigious Dana Cup of Denmark and play at the Gothia Cup, Sweden. Yonden represented the winning team Roman Tulis Soccer Academy of Canada to lift the U-13 Dana Cup 2009. Tulis beat Germany, 2-1 in the finals.
With a big smile, Yonden says, "My biggest moment was when I scored two goals in the semi-final, and secured the final spot. Eventually we beat Germany in the final. Besides my hard work, I'm lucky that my dad puts in a tireless effort. I also get great inspiration from my mom who was a national volleyball player in Nepal.
Also my little sister Dechen, who always cheers for me. After the tournament, my dad and I traveled around Europe, I had an excellent time. I would like to thank all the friends and families in Europe for the great time we had."
Beside his international Dana debut, this year Yonden is selected Metro Vancouver League in which eight districts namely- Vancouver, Victoria, North and West Vancouver, Burnaby, Surrey, Delta and Abbotsford play inter-league. The proud dad yeti Kalden says,"He is doing good but he can do better." Oh, boy!
