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Benny Feilhaber Photo by Patrick Farrell / Miami Herald
The Miami Herald ran this profile of Benny Feilhaber, a midfielder on the U.S. national team that will take on Honduras tomorrow at a World Cup qualifying game.
Feilhaber, 24, was born in born in Rio, and moved to the U.S. when he was six.
Most fans are unaware of Feilhaber’s Brazilian roots. His surname is not Portuguese. It is Austrian-Jewish. His paternal grandfather was 14 when his family fled Austria in 1938 and moved to Brazil to avoid Nazi persecution. Feilhaber’s father and mother were born in Brazil. Although his mother is not Jewish, Feilhaber maintains strong ties to his Jewish heritage, celebrates Jewish holidays, and in 2005 went to Israel to represent the United States in the Maccabiah Games.
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