The Valley received Turkish soccer team with open arms

Now to FIFA World Cup coming to Mesa where Turkey's training camp is at the Arizona Athletic Grounds. Team Turkey had a sold-out open practice for fans last night. 12 sports anchor Jake Garcia was there. Superstition Mountains loomed in the background and Turkish soccer fans welcomed their national team with superstitions, traditions, renditions of their own. Their native team was in their home state training in Mesa ahead of the World Cup. It's an unlikely pairing but one fan say was much needed. How excited are you to watch your soccer team practice here tonight? It's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. This like never happens. You don't really know how anyone in the United States cares or doesn't care, let alone how much you know people care about you know Turkey specifically being here. Selling nearly 3,000 tickets out in less than an hour was our answer. This is like the first time we've qualified in like 20 years. Since before you guys were born. Now that we qualify we have a very strong team and I think we can do something. What were you feeling? I just share it right away. All my friends, my family, my country, whoever I know and I said Turkish team coming here we are welcoming them. It's very surprised and my first year here in Arizona and they never get something like that here. It's like where we're from coming to where we live in the U.S. it's crazy. Turkey's stay in Arizona is only for a couple of days. They'll start their West Coast slate in Vancouver then go to the Bay and take on the host country the United States in LA in Mesa. Jay Garcia 12 sports. What an opportunity.