Jeff siblings have Seoul!

A Jeffersonville soccer mad brother and sister revisited the place of their birth and got to meet their heroes thanks to a winning YouTube video.

Brian (14) and Sarah (10) Fischer were adopted as infants from South Korea and realized they had a fantastic opportunity, not only to return there, but also to meet the players of their favorite team, Manchester United, who were on an Asian tour.

They made a short video on their own explaining how they were adopted, wanted to return to Korea and how they have been playing soccer since they were little.

Brian is a freshman at Jeffersonville High School, and plays for Southern Indiana United U16s, while Sarah is a 10th grader at St Anthony's and plays with Net-Surfers U11s.

Their entry was a hit with the judges, and was chosen as one of five winning entries out of about 200 submitted. The contest was sponsored by the City of Seoul as part of an on-going effort to increase tourism there.

The prize was an all-expenses paid trip to Korea to see Manchester United play FC Seoul, and other winners came from England, China, Nepal and Germany.

The day before the game, Brian and Sarah got to participate in a skills clinic with United's junior team coach, and a celebrity exhibition game where they played with and against some United players, including Ji Sung Park, who is also Korean, and Dimitar Berbatov, John O'Shea, Johnny Evans, and Gary Neville.

Others taking part included the Mayor of Seoul, "Rain" (Korea's version of Justin Timberlake, we are told!), and a select Korean team of talented 10-11 year-olds.

"As far as the experience goes, it was amazing, and being able to play with part of Man Utd was amazing too," said Brian. "I myself took several different interviews for the newspapers and tv stations there. It kind of felt like being a celebrity for a day.

"The fact South Korea is mainly mountainous, made for many stairs. Anywhere we went there were tons of stairs or hills we would follow our tour guide on. However whenever we reached the top the view was spectacular and the city was so lighted up at night."

If you want to check out the winning video, log onto: www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7XzXcF6Ba4&feature=PlayList&p=1B9B61D63AD029FA&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=69

Above: Jeffersonville's Brian and Sarah Fischer are pictured with Manchester United coach Mickey Phelan during their trip to South Korea, which they won after submitting a YouTube video.