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===United States=== The earliest accounts of organized Takraw in the United States involve a group of students from [[Northrop University]] (Greg St. Pierre, Thomas Gong, Joel "big bird" Nelson, and Mark Kimitsuka) in 1986 in Inglewood, California, learning about and playing the sport in Los Angeles. In the early 80s, Southeast Asians held soccer tournaments with Takraw events in Wisconsin, Michigan, Minnesota and California, especially within the Lao, Hmong and Thai communities.<ref>The Log, Northrop University Student Newspaper, 5 November 1987, Vol 35, No. 3.</ref> Malaysian students attending the university often enjoyed playing the sport on a court atop the dormitory cafeteria. They taught a handful of curious American students how to play, which in turn inspired [[Malaysia Airlines]] to sponsor a US team from the university to attend the National Tournament in Kuala Lumpur in November 1987. The Northrop team played in a bracket of international new teams with Korea, Sri Lanka, and Australia. The US team beat Sri Lanka and Australia to bring home the gold.<ref>Northrop University Magazine, December 1987, Vol 3, No. 4.</ref> The Los Angeles Asian community and Northrop's team had already established a Takraw community in and around the city. Kurt Sonderegger moved to Los Angeles, founded the United States Takraw Association, and started a business that sold plastic Takraw balls. In 1989, he was sent an invitation from the International Sepaktakraw Federation, and along with a few of the Northrop group, travelled to represent the United States in the World Championships. The team was well beaten but the Takraw world celebrated the participation of non-Asian teams in the World Championships.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1005482/index.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100628152213/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1005482/index.htm | url-status=dead | archive-date=28 June 2010 | work=CNN | title=Video | date=8 August 1994}}</ref>
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