In the early '70s the Khmer Republic came fourth in the 1972 Asian Cup, won the 1972 South Vietnam Independence Cup and won the 1973 President's Cup in Korea. Then everything changed on 4-17-75, and the Khmer Rouge exterminated soccer (the most minor of the fallout, obviously).
I am writing an article for Vice Sports about Cambodian history and Cambodian soccer, specifically about the current national team that has just qualified for the Asian group stage for the next World Cup. Present-day soccer could be a lens through which to see the adversities overcome since Year Zero and the conditions in Cambodia during the Khmer Rouge regime and in the decades of its aftermath. But I'm a non-Cambodian-American who has only read books and interviewed Khmer Rouge survivors. Is it foolish to over-estimate the impact that Cambodia's reemergence in soccer may mean for Cambodia domestically, or for the Cambodian diaspora internationally? I want to tell the story of the Khmer Rouge through the start-stop-restart of soccer, but I don't want to distort how people are feeling about it. -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Cambodia Discussion (CAMDISC) - www.cambodia.org" group. This is an unmoderated forum. Please refrain from using foul language. Thank you for your understanding. Peace among us and in Cambodia. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/camdisc Learn more - http://www.cambodia.org --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Cambodia Discussion (CAMDISC) - www.cambodia.org" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
