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Did you know... that Canadian soccer player Christabel Oduro is the cousin of Dominic Oduro, who has played for Ghana?
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Comment: ALT0 is interesting because not many people play soccer/association football for 2 countries (if you play in a competitive game for one country, then you can't play for a 2nd country). ALT1 is interesting as it's an unusual mix of countries. Using soccer rather than football in the article, as that's the term used in Canada
Interesting: - North America is chock full of dual-national players; same goes for playing in multiple countries, just as a consequence of the sport's structure. I think a hook about her relationship to a fellow professional player or her multi-sport career in secondary school would work better.
SounderBruce Many people are dual nationality, but not many play international soccer (football) for two different countries, because FIFA makes it difficult to do so. Although saying that, she's only "expressed interest" in playing for Ghana, if she'd played for them I think it'd be an interesting hook
I don't personally think playing multiple sports at school is that interesting- many athletes have done so- however I'll make an alt hook for her family:
Hi, I came by to promote this. Admittedly, I know nothing about soccer, but the first hook is well written and I think it will get lots of hits. @SounderBruce: I'm wary of hooks that talk about family relationships rather than the subject himself. Yoninah (talk) 21:28, 18 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
@Yoninah: Dual-nationality players are rather common in international soccer, as FIFA allows you to play for the country that your grandparents hailed from. Having two players in the same family playing for different countries is a bit unusual, as there are only a few other examples (like half-brothers Jérôme and Kevin-Prince Boateng). SounderBruce05:51, 19 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
According to [2] (tab National Team), he's played once for Ghana, in 2012. So to imply he still plays for the Ghana national team seems incorrect to me. Joseph2302 (talk)10:55, 19 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
- North America is chock full of dual-national players; same goes for playing in multiple countries, just as a consequence of the sport's structure. I think a hook about her relationship to a fellow professional player or her multi-sport career in secondary school would work better.
SounderBruce 03:52, 17 June 2020 (UTC)
ALT2 looks great. SounderBruce 17:52, 17 June 2020 (UTC)
Hi, I came by to promote this. Admittedly, I know nothing about soccer, but the first hook is well written and I think it will get lots of hits. @SounderBruce: I'm wary of hooks that talk about family relationships rather than the subject himself. Yoninah (talk) 21:28, 18 June 2020 (UTC)