More than just a competition
the World Cup is a world celebration.
Maurice Riesewijk was born in the World Cup year of 1966, in the city of Utrecht, The Netherlands. When he was a young child, he played football in the streets with his friends every free minute. As a teenager, ‘Johan 1’ and ‘Johan 2’ (Johan Cruyff and Johan Neeskens) were his absolute football heroes.
Luckily, Maurice was too young and too busy playing football to register the dramatic defeat of the Dutch national team in the World Cup final of 1974. He did, however, watch the second Dutch football ‘disaster’ on television 4 years later, when the Netherlands lost another World Cup final in (and to) Argentina.
As a young adult, Maurice took the TC3 coaching course at the National Dutch Football Association (‘KNVB’) and between 1993-1999, he coached student football association Odysseus from the University of Utrecht.
Maurice does not support any (inter)national football club in particular. Rather, the major (inter)continental tournaments in international association football have always been Maurice’ great loves. For him, the World Cup is paramount because every 4 years, this event captures the hearts and minds of lovers of the football game around the globe. More than just a competition, the World Cup is a world celebration.