Viet Kieu, Keno, wears his Central Blues (Toronto) top at a Swannies training session yesterday in Saigon. Also pictured, Jake, Kochie, Horn and Evo.
Yesterday, Keno turned up for training with the Vietnam Swans in Saigon.
Keno was wearing a Carlton Blues jumper with a difference. Behind the “CFC” logo was the outline of a red maple leaf. It turns out that Keno is a Viet Kieu who lives in Canada and plays for the Central Blues Australian Football Club in Toronto.
Keno, is currently holidaying in Vietnam for six weeks visiting relatives. He says he has been playing footy with the Central Blues for the last six years and “I absolutely love it”.
Keno has promised to come along to our training sessions and functions for the remainder of his time here in Saigon. But what about the big one, the Indochina Cup? Highly unlikely that he will play but he says he will try to juggle commitments to make it happen.
Regardless, the Swannies look forward to seeing Keno at our next training session on Wednesday evening at Parklands, District 2.
Related items of interest:
- On 7 January 2012, the Southern Dragons from Melbourne will play a footy match against the Vietnam Swans in Saigon. The Southern Dragons have many Viet Kieu players.
- On 1 October this year, Grand Final Day, we conducted an interview with the parents of Viet Kieu, James Tran. James is a rookie player for the Collingwood Football Club. Hopefully this year, he will get a run in the seniors for the first time.
