A Twin Cities Daily Planet Community Voices 2013 article about Hmong soccer coach Blong Yang in North Minneapolis. Coach Blong Yang was elected for city council member in Minneapolis. Blong Yang was the first Hmong American elected to the city…
This is an oral interview conducted by Tyler Caffee on Tony Fraga, a Tulare Angrense player in the 70s and 80s, who went on to become the co-ed director of the club. Tony Fraga first recounts his experience of growing up on the island before moving…
A photo of the newest and youngest members of Tornado soccer team in Fresno. Top row far left: Kennedy Yang; Top row second from the right: Fuechi Lor.
This article talks about a soccer game between the Olympic Soccer Club vs. the Mexican Club in the San Joaquin Valley Soccer League. The game was requested by the residents of Sanger due to their interest in creating a team in the league. The article…
A Sacramento Bee published article from 2011 describing the 6th Annual Southeast Asian Games and the current and past history of the Hmong presence in the Fresno area.
A 2015 Twin Cities Pioneer Press article about the annual Hmong Freedom Celebration festival in St. Paul, Minnesota. Various activities are detailed to take place, such as soccer tournaments, sepak takraw, volleyball, live music, and break dancing.
An account of Fresno journalists that visited the Ban Napho refugee camp in Thailand in 1996. They described the camp and interviewed several Hmong refugees. The Hmong refugees shared letters from relatives in Fresno.