Catholic faith source of strength for World Cup player
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WASHINGTON — In the fall of 1995, a thin, fast soccer player named Oguchi Onyewu, wearing No. 5 on his red- and black-striped jersey, helped lead St. Andrew Apostle Parish in Silver Spring, Md., to a 4-1 win in the Catholic Youth Organization's varsity Mid-Atlantic Championship in Washington.
His team later won the regional CYO title in Philadelphia.
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