A presidential selfie! Thrilled girl soccer player snaps pic with Obama as her background at White House salute to 2013 Major League Soccer champs
- The president invited Sporting Kansas City to the East Room of the White House on Wednesday
- Obama was continuing the tradition he started of honoring sports teams who give back to their communities
President Barack Obama has saluted the 2013 Major League Soccer champions Sporting Kansas City. He credits the 'dedicated fans' of Kansas City for helping the sport grow in the United States.
Obama paid tribute to the team Wednesday for winning the MLS trophy 10 months ago in a freezing penalty kick shootout.
Obama singled out Kansas City defender Matt Besler and midfielder Graham Zusi, who were on the U.S. Men's National Team for this summer's World Cup in Brazil.
Ecstatic: Girls from the Stone Ridge School in Bethesda, Maryland soccer teams take selfies with President Barack Obama in the background after an event in the East Room of the White House where the president honored the 2013 Major League Soccer champions, Sporting Kansas City
The president also noted that Kansas City was enjoying a banner athletic week.
The Kansas City Royals won the American League wild card game Tuesday and the NFL Kansas City Chiefs defeated the New England Patriots Monday.
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Obama said: 'Clearly something is going on in Kansas City.'
Even the championship game itself, the president gushed, was special--and especially frigid.
'When the game started, the temperature was just 20 degrees; by the end, it was just 10 degrees.
'Clearly something is going on in Kansas City': President Barack Obama waves after honoring the Sporting Kansas City soccer team during an event in the East Room of the White House
Impressive game: Obama paid tribute to the team Wednesday for winning the MLS trophy 10 months ago in a freezing penalty kick shootout.The 2013 Major League Soccer championship trophy is seen in the White House at right
Gift for the president: Obama gestures toward a soccer jersey presented to him by Sporting Kansas City during Wednesday's event
'That was after 120 minutes of soccer and the longest penalty shootout—10 rounds—in MLS Cup history.'
Joining the president and Sporting Kansas City in the East Room of the White House were a group of very lucky young lady soccer players from Stone Ridge of the Sacred Heart in Bethesda.
The varsity and junior varsity players looked thrilled to be in the White House as they jostled to shake the president's hand.
One especially thrilled girl snapped up an opportunity to take an extra special selfie, with the Commander-in-chief in the background.
Selfie-less: The girls of Stone Ridge were thrilled to meet and shake hands with the president, though not all of them were fast enough to snap a selfie
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