Kenney talks unity (cup) on Trump's Inauguration Day

On the same day President Trump proclaimed "Only America first," Mayor Kenney celebrated the city's immigrant communities at the launch of the second annual Philadelphia International Unity Cup.

The World Cup-style soccer tournament will be held this year between Sept. 8 and Nov 4. Teams must register with the city by April 14.

"Philadelphia's always been and will continue to be a welcoming city," Kenney said. "I'm committed to do whatever I can, we can, to protect Philadelphia's inclusive and diverse practices … right now it's more important than ever to show the rest of the country how we live and work together to celebrate our diversity."

The tournament brought about 2,000 people to Citizens Bank Park for last year's championship game – won by the team representing the Ivory Coast.

It is open to men and women 18 and older with a limit of 25 players per team. Teams create their own rosters. There is no limit this year to the number of teams that can participate in the tournament but only one team can represent each country.

Information Sessions for the 10-week tournament are as follows:

Wednesday, 2/8/2017, 6pm – Municipal Services Building, Room 1450 (1401 JFK Boulevard)
Thursday, 2/23/2017, 7pm – Murphy Recreation Center (300 W Shunk Street, Philadelphia, PA 19148)
Thursday, 3/9/2017, 3pm – Municipal Services Building, Room 1450 (1401 JFK Boulevard)
Thursday, 3/23/2017, 5:30pm – Carousel House (4300 Avenue of the Republic, Philadelphia, PA 19131)
Thursday, 4/6/2017, 6:30pm – Ramp Playground (3300 Solly Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19136)

Kenney said after the event that he did not see Trump's inaugural address. He attended a police recruit graduation.

"I went to another important swearing in," he said.

He said conversations about repealing the Affordable Care Act and its impact on the city and state particularly worry him.

"Hopefully they won't follow through with repeal without replacement. Our emergency rooms will be filled to the brim again with kids with colds, strep throat, when they could be going to a doctor. None of it makes any sense but we'll see whether cooler heads will prevail in both houses of Congress to stop this calamity from happening, we'll see."

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