The Red Devils go Crimson
The Red Devils descended on Harvard Tuesday (July 12) for a date with some lucky schoolchildren from the Boston neighborhoods of Allston and Brighton, and with John Harvard. “It’s a famous university so it’s fantastic to be here,” said Denis Irwin, a 1990s standout with the famed English soccer team Manchester United, nicknamed the Red Devils. During their visit, members of the team’s Manchester United Soccer Schools, including Irwin, taught a soccer clinic at the Harvard Stadium for students at the Gardner Pilot Academy summer camp located in the Allston neighborhood of Boston. Sir Alex Ferguson (left), manager of the famed English soccer team Manchester United, meets with Harvard President Drew Faust. During the visit, members of the team’s Manchester United Soccer Schools taught a soccer clinic at the Harvard Stadium for students from Allston's Gardner Pilot Academy summer camp. Justin Ide/Harvard Staff Photographer Irwin, a former player for the Republic of Ireland’s national...