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AS NORTH TEXAS GETS READY FOR WORLD CUP 2026 THE NATIONAL SOCCER HALL OF FAME
WELCOMES FOUR NEW INDUCTEES INTO ITS HOME IN FRISCO IT IS SUCH A SPECIAL PLACE YOU'RE BRINGING THE
GREATEST SOCCER TALENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS TO THE GAME OF SOCCER IN THE UNITED STATES YOU KNOW HERE
IN FRISCO TEXAS THE NEWEST MEMBERS INCLUDE FORMER PLAYERS TIM HOWARD AND TISHA VENTURINI-HOCH AND THEY'RE
READY TO SUPPORT THE USA AS SPECTATORS IN 2026 IT'S GOING TO BE AWESOME DALLAS AND AND FRISCO
IS A GREAT SOCCER TOWN SO YOU YOU'LL BE GETTING A LOT OF ACTION IT'S GOING TO BE THE BIGGEST AND
BEST AND GREATEST WORLD CUP IN HISTORY AND PROUD TO UH BE A SPECTATOR AND A FAN GOALKEEPER HOWARD
STARRED IN BOTH THE US NATIONAL TEAM AND THE ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE FOR NEARLY 20 YEARS I OFTEN THINK
ABOUT WHAT IT IS I MOST WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW ABOUT ME I HEAR PEOPLE TALK ABOUT ME ALL THE TIME AND
THEY SAY GOD-GIVEN ABILITY I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS THAT'S AMBIGUOUS IT'S VAGUE AND IT'S SUBJECTIVE
WHICH NOT AMBIGUOUS AND VAGUE AND SUBJECTIVE WAS MY DESIRE TO BE THE GREATEST GOALKEEPER OF THIS
COUNTRY I'VE EVER SEEN SO HERE'S WHAT I WANT YOU TO KNOW ABOUT ME THE BELL RANG 121 TIMES FOR
ME AND 121 TIMES I ANSWERED THE BELL FOR THE GREATEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD AND FOR THAT I'M
MOST GRATEFUL THANK YOU HOWARD RETIRED IN 2020 AS ONE OF THE GREATEST GOALKEEPERS TO EVER PLAY
THE GAME VETERAN PLAYER TISHA VENTURINI-HOCH PLAYED IN TWO WORLD CUPS AND THE 1996 OLYMPIC GAMES BEING
A PART OF THAT WORLD CUP TEAM IN '99 WAS A ONCE IN A-LIFETIME EXPERIENCE ONE I WILL CHERISH
FOREVER FOR ABOUT 3 WEEKS WE TOOK AMERICA BY STORM EVERYWHERE WE WENT KIDS WERE SCREAMING
LOOKING FOR PICTURES AND AUTOGRAPHS THEY CAME TO OUR PRACTICE THEY WERE AT OUR HOTEL WE WERE
ALL OVER THE NEWSPAPERS ON THE NEWS CHANNELS AND THE MORNING SHOWS BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY WE INSPIRED
THOUSANDS OF YOUNG GIRLS TO DREAM BIG PLAYER JOSH MCKINNEY WAS ALSO INDUCTED HE WAS BORN WITH CEREBRAL
PALSY AND MADE APPEARANCES AT THREE PARALYMPICS 1996 2004 AND 2012 THRILLED TO BE HERE EXCITING
UM JUST TO BE PART OF THIS IS REALLY REALLY COOL UM I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITIES IT
BRINGS FOR ALL EXTENDED NATIONAL TEAM ATHLETES FOR THE FUTURE SOMETHING FOR KIDS THEY LOOK UP
TO AND KIND OF WORK TOWARDS AND LONGTIME LEADER OF THE UNITED SOCCER LEAGUE FRANCISCO MARCO WAS
INDUCTED UNDER THE BUILDER BALLOT THIS ANNUAL INDUCTION CEREMONY GIVES THE CITY OF GO AND HUNT
FAMILY THE CHANCE TO SHOW OFF TOYOTA STADIUM AND THE NATIONAL SOCCER HALL OF FAME IF YOU THINK
ABOUT WHAT THE HALL OF FAME DOES IN ITSELF IT ATTRACTS TOURISTS AND VISITORS FROM ALL OVER THE
WORLD THEN YOU HAVE THESE SPECIAL MOMENTS THESE SPECIAL CELEBRATIONS THAT HAPPEN RIGHT HERE IN
FRISCO WHERE THE INDUCTEES COME TO RECEIVE THIS RECOGNITION AND HONOR WHAT AN AWESOME EXPERIENCE
THIS IS ANNUALLY TO HAVE THE INDUCTION CEREMONY RIGHT HERE IN FRISCO I'M EXCITED ABOUT WORLD
CUP BUT I CAN'T WAIT TO YOU'LL BRING ALL THAT EXCITEMENT AND JOY TO UH FRISCO AND TO THE CITY
OF DALLAS AND AND ALL THE RANDOM THAT GOES WITH IT
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.