Morty & Ferdie's Soccer Team

[xephyr@cwnet.com]

Just released to newsstands here in China is their 10th Anniversay
celebration book (recognizing 10 years of Disney comics in China).  The
book is very nice and has boigraphies for Walt, Gottfredson, Barks, Rosa,
Branca, Madsen, Halas and the McGreals along with a sampling of their
stories (my favorite being "Spider-Mouse" (about Mickey being bitten by a
spider and gaining superpowers, but then evolving into an eight-legged
freak).
The book also contains a mini-profiles for several of the main Disney
characters, which is where I was able to get some of the final names for
Chinese translation recently.

Anyhow, in the profile for Morty & Ferdy (with a "y") there is a brief
mention of a Soccer Team with a group portrait.  I was translating from
Chinese to English, a reverse process from the normal way I have been
working, so I had some difficulty decifering the names of the team members.
Here's what I *think* they are:

Coach Julian (a large bulldog man)
Morty & Ferdy (Mickey's nephews)
Gilbert (Goofy's nephew)
Spike (a chubby goose-boy)
Wally (a dognose boy)
Kevin (a chicken boy)
Pat (a chubby pig-boy)
Mitchell (a cow-boy)
Haskle (a dognose boy)
Sly (a cat-boy)
Nipper (a rat-boy)

I'm not sure, but I think the NAME of the Soccer team is "The Riverbank
Soccer Team"?

Are these correct?  If not, what should they be?
When did this soccer team first appear and do any of these kids (aside from
M&F and Gilbert) or the Coach have any backstory outside the soccer team?

It's too bad the creator of this team's stories didn't include other
previously existing Mouseton kids instead of all-new creations.  Kids like
Bertie the Jinx (Clarabell's cousin), Plato Pigg (Percy & Patricia's son),
Alvin (Morty's pal) and Metropolis Cottonbottom, would have been nice to
see.  It would be interesting if a girl's soccer team comprised of Melody &
Millie (Minnie's nieces), Peggy Pigg, Itsy-Betsy (Clarabelle's niece), and
maybe a young niece for Horace existed, too.

In anycase, one of the recent issues of Milaoshu (Mickey Mouse) also has a
story prominently featuring Morty & Ferdy's mom, Mickey's sister! 
Unfortunately I couldn't determine if she was ever called Felicity, though.

It's funny, though, to think that Felicity Fieldmouse is a "Soccer Mom"!
LOL!

-Rich

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