Exchange flag used during the US Amputee Soccer Team World Cup, 2022
date: label: date made
content: 2022
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Exchange flag used during the US Amputee Soccer Team World Cup, 2022 is red with blue fringe at the bottom. There is a red, white and blue shield printed in the center with an amputee soccer player in the foreground in blue. Blue and white printing on the front of the flag, "American Amputee Soccer Association [/] World Cup [/] 2022 [/] Amputee World Cup [/] Istanbul, Turkey [/] October 2022." It hangs on a small wooden, gold-colored dowel rod.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Beginning in the 1980s, the United States National Amputee Soccer team is managed by the American Amputee Soccer Association and competes on the global level. Athletes use forearm crutches to play on a 3/4 size soccer pitch with a 6 on 6 team plus the goal keepers. Vasu Sojitra was a member of the United States, 2022 World Cup team.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: name of sport
content: Soccer
label: web subject
content: Disabilities
label: web subject
content: Adaptive Sports
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
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content: Sports & Leisure
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2023.0118.02
label: accession number
content: 2023.0118
label: catalog number
content: 2023.0118.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: flag, adaptive sports
label: Object Name
content: exchange flag
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: fabric (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 11 1/2 in x 9 1/2 in x 1/4 in; 29.21 cm x 24.13 cm x .635 cm