MLS Seattle Sounders FC

RAVE Foundation Hosts Soccer Play Day and Ball Giveaway at Hing Hay Park this Saturday

Published on May 13, 2021 under Major League Soccer (MLS)
Seattle Sounders FC News Release


SEATTLE, WASH. - This Saturday, May 15, from 12:00-3:00 p.m. PT, Seattle Sounders FC's charitable arm, RAVE Foundation, hosts a free soccer play day for youth at Hing Hay Park in Seattle's Chinatown-International District.

As part of the club's previously announced slate of AAPI Heritage Month activities, Saturday's event includes pop-up 2v2 soccer, a soccer skills clinic led by former Sounder Brad Evans, a Kung Fu clinic led by Seattle Kung Fu Club, and a ball giveaway. Additionally, a community walk-up vaccination clinic is being offered concurrently, courtesy of Virginia Mason Franciscan Health and hosted by Seattle Chinatown-International District Preservation and Development Authority (SCIDpda).

Festivities begin at noon, where pop-up 2v2 soccer is offered on five mini-fields for free play, in partnership with Street Soccer Seattle. The pop-up play areas are open from noon through 3:00 p.m. PT. Kids in attendance receive free MLS Soccer for All t-shirts while supplies last and passes for free admission to Wing Luke Museum are being handed out to the first 100 youth.

From 2:00-2:30 p.m. PT, kids have the opportunity to learn new skills in two special mini-clinics. Former Sounder Brad Evans will teach soccer skills, while instructors from Seattle Kung Fu Club lead kids in basic Kung Fu practices.

At 3:00 p.m. PT, activities conclude with a RAVE Foundation soccer ball giveaway.

During the duration of the afternoon, from noon to 3:00 p.m. PT, the community vaccination clinic is also scheduled to take place, giving parents of children attending the play day - or any members of the community - a chance to receive the one-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine courtesy of Virginia Mason Franciscan Health and SCIDpda. Vaccines are offered a walk-up basis with no appointments necessary and are available to anyone 18 years old and older.

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