2 ’Barefoot Dream’ stars to attend college here

By Yun Suh-young

Two teenage soccer players from East Timor, who starred in a movie based on their true story, have been admitted to a university in North Jeolla Province.

Kunjang College in Gunsan said Monday that Nidio Ricardo Ferreira Alves and Efrem Marianus Almeida Santos Jeronimo, who are members of the East Timor Youth Soccer Team, will arrive in the country Wednesday to begin their college life here starting from March.

Alves and Jeronimo were admitted to the Department of Life Physical Education at the university.

The East Timor Youth Soccer Team received the spotlight following the