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MY HOPE FOR WESTON IN THIS WORLD CUP.
AND REALLY THE HOPE FOR THE ENTIRE TEAM IS THAT THEY ALL GO OUT.
THEY GIVE IT A HUNDRED PERCENT.
THEY PLAY THEIR HARDEST, THEY REPRESENT THE BADGE WELL, AND THEY WIN THE WHOLE THING.
I'M A GRAND PRAIRIE FIREFIGHTER.
I CURRENTLY DRIVE A ENGINE DOWN AT STATION 10 ON THE SOUTH SIDE, DOWN BY THE LAKE.
MY BROTHER IS WESTON MCKINNEY.
UH, HE CURRENTLY PLAYS CLUB SOCCER OVER IN ITALY FOR AVENTUS.
UH, HE ALSO PLAYS FOR THE US MEN'S NATIONAL TEAM, SO WE SHOULD BE SEEING HIM PLAY THIS WORLD CUP.
I MEAN, THE, THE ODDS OF MAKING IT PRO ARE SO LOW.
THE ODDS OF MAKING IT PRO AT A LEVEL TO WHERE YOU GET TO REPRESENT YOUR COUNTRY IN THE WORLD CUP ARE EVEN LOWER.
SO BEING ABLE TO WATCH HIM FULFILL HIS DREAM, I MEAN, IT, IT'S, IT'S AN AMAZING ACCOMPLISHMENT.
SEEING HIM WEAR HIS UNIFORM GIVES ME AND MY FAMILY, UH, SO MUCH PRIDE.
SEEING AS MY FATHER WAS IN THE MILITARY, HE SERVED THE COUNTRY.
MY MOM WAS THE MILITARY SPOUSE, SHE SUPPORTED THE FAMILY WHILE MY DAD WAS GONE.
SEEING IT ALL COME FULL CIRCLE.
NOW WITH MY BROTHER REPRESENTING THE USA, UH, ON THE, ARGUABLY THE LARGEST SPORTING EVENT IN THE WORLD, UH, IT'S PRETTY COOL ACCOMPLISHMENT FOR HIM.
AND OUR, OUR FAMILY COULDN'T BE ANY MORE PROUD.
JUST WANNA SAY GOOD LUCK, UH, WES IN THE WORLD CUP.
UM, YOU KNOW, HERE IN GRAND PRAIRIE, YOU, THERE'S A MASSIVE FOLLOWING FOR THE US MEN'S NATIONAL TEAM.
UH, A LOT OF RESIDENTS, A LOT OF EMPLOYEES, A LOT OF VISITORS THAT ARE COMING INTO THE CITY.
WE ALL WISH YOU GUYS GOOD LUCK, UH, HOPE THAT YOU GUYS SUCCEED AND, AND HOPEFULLY WIN THIS THING FOR US.
UH, BRING BACK THE, THE, THE TITLE TO AMERICA.