Nike donates soccer fields valued at $1 million.Nike is celebrating the theme "Joga Bonito Joga Bonito (which means 'Play Beautiful ' in Portuguese) is a football-oriented social network service created by Nike and Google, based upon Google's orkut. Joga TV commercial advertisements are shown on the nikefootball.com website, the joga. " (Portuguese for "play beautiful") by donating $1 million in soccer fields and equipment throughout the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . Nike will build three fields in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. , Calif., three fields in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , N.Y., and four fields in Chicago, Ill. Donations also include soccer equipment for 12 other cities. Fields donated will be constructed using synthetic grass and designed to promote the Brazilian futsal style of small-field soccer that emphasizes ball control and foot skills. Field materials will consist of about 20 to 25 percent Nike Grind Rubber, a material made from recycled athletic shoes. Nike held an event in Los Angeles in late April to kick off the field donations. U.S. soccer stars Landon Donovan and Brandi Chastain visited children at the Los Angeles City Department of Recreation and Parks' Glassell Park for the dedication of its new soccer field, the first to be dedicated. |
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