Soccer: Fresno Fuego to Host Armenian National Team

ABC30.com, CA
Jan 18 2007

Fresno Fuego to Host Armenian National Team

By Jason Oliveira

01/17/2007 – With their season opener still a couple of months away,
the Fresno Fuego are in camp a little earlier this year as they get
set to host the Armenian National team Wednesday night.

Fresno Fuego Striker, Orlando Ramirez, says this is a great
opportunity for local players to play a national team.
Made up mostly of local talent, -the Fuego are no strangers to facing
opponents of superior competition. Having already played against
Major League Soccer’s LA Galaxy and Chivas USA on a number of
occasions.

While Armenia will use Wednesday’s match as a tune up for European
Cup qualifying, the Fuego coaching staff is still in the early
process of finalizing their roster for the upcoming season.

Fuego Coach Jaime Ramirez says, "We want to see where we’re at in
preparation for the next step."

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

Emil Lazarian

“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS