WORLD CUP USA ’94 / THE FIRST ROUND : Spotlight : DUTCH TREAT IRISH TOTS

Three Dutch businessmen paid for a trip to Orlando for the World Cup for 200 underprivileged children from Dublin. According to the Orlando Sentinel, they did it to show international friendship through soccer.

“We want to show the world how nice soccer can be,” said Rob Schut, who owns a restaurant and gallery in Amsterdam.

The children said they like the hot dogs, the pool and the hotels. They also said that, unlike most of the soccer teams playing here, they liked the weather, “because in Ireland, it would be freezing now.”