© Getty Images A decade or so ago Jim Elliston made a pact with his young daughter – if he she made a World Cup he would be there in person to cheer her on. It sounds like the kind of discussion which may have taken place in thousands of backyards. The difference here is that this dream became reality.
Jim Elliston and his wife Patricia made an arduous 41-hour journey from their home in Omaha, Nebraska to see his daughter Maddie – a regular in the USA backline – turn out for the Stars and Stripes in Papua New Guinea. Jim is one of a dozen or so sets of parents supporting USA at the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup in Papua New Guinea.
“I was pretty emotional after the game seeing them,” a beaming Maddie Elliston told FIFA.com, just moments after catching-up with her parents for the first time since they arrived in Papua New Guinea. “It is always special to play in front of your best and No1 fans.”
It wasn’t a bad match for USA and their hardy band of supporters, who were supplemented by ..
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