Team USA.[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Caption: A local soccer match brought a touch of home to Col. John Brown, Commander, 598th Transportation Group, Rotterdam Rotterdam, city, Netherlands Rotterdam (rŏt`ərdăm', Dutch rôtərdäm`), city (1994 pop. 598,521), South Holland prov., W Netherlands, on the Nieuwe Maas (New Meuse) River near its mouth on the North Sea. , the Netherlands Netherlands (nĕth`ərləndz), Du. Nederland or Koninkrijk der Nederlanden, officially Kingdom of the Netherlands, constitutional monarchy (2005 est. pop. 16,407,000), 15,963 sq mi (41,344 sq km), NW Europe. . Brown showed solidarity with a visiting soccer team from 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. . The team, composed of players under 21, played the local team, Feyenoord. Here, Brown poses with the team just before kickoff June 8. Feyenoord won the match by 3 to 1. |
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