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PHOENIX<\/strong> – Vietnam’s first-ever women-led professional football club is launching this weekend in Phoenix, and one Valley woman is making it happen.<\/p>\n The club, Da Nang Rising W.F.C., is breaking barriers. It was launched by Jenny Le, an Arizona restaurant owner.<\/p>\n What they’re saying:<\/p>\n “When I was younger there was no field, no stadium lights for someone like me. No cleats, no cheers, no team,” said Le. “So, I’m rewriting that story for the next generation.”<\/p>\n The club will be headquartered in Da Nang, Vietnam. The kick-off party takes place Sunday, Sept. 7 at Boycott Bar, located along 7th Avenue in the Melrose District<\/strong><\/a>, just north of Indian School Road, in Phoenix.<\/p>\n “We are launching a fundraising event to raise money so we can start this team,” Le said. “Women’s sports teams are exploding, so it’s about having a piece of that pie.”<\/p>\n Why you should care:<\/p>\n Le hopes the new club will inspire girls around the world as they jump start the soccer team.<\/p>\n “In January we’re gonna start the Da Nang Rising Tournament Cup and we’ll scout players then,” Le said.<\/p>\n “It’s just so fitting that she’s helping out not only girls and families in Vietnam, her home country, but also in her home city of Phoenix, which has a huge Vietnamese population,” Andrew Williams, the event’s emcee said.<\/p>\n Jenny Le is also releasing her new memoir, “From an Empty Bowl to Empire.”<\/p>\n “My parents sacrificed their lives to get over here so we could have a better future,” Le said. “So I’ll be going back there with the same intention for these girls.”<\/p>\n The event at Boycott Bar will feature giveaways, live music, and comedians. It runs Sept 7. from noon to 6 p.m.\u00a0<\/p>\n Map of the event.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n The Source:<\/b> This information was gathered from FOX 10’s Ashlie Rodriguez, who interviewed Jenny Le.<\/p>\n Phoenix<\/a>News<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PHOENIX – Vietnam’s first-ever women-led professional football club is launching this weekend in Phoenix, and one Valley woman…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":206933,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5131],"tags":[5229,5643,1587,1588,50,1589,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-206932","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-phoenix","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-arizona","10":"tag-az","11":"tag-maricopa-county","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-phoenix","14":"tag-united-states","15":"tag-united-states-of-america","16":"tag-unitedstates","17":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","18":"tag-us","19":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115161548278168321","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206932","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=206932"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206932\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/206933"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=206932"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=206932"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=206932"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}