NEWS AND UPDATES
The Result Isn’t Always What is Important
I've been trying for a week now to put into words exactly what it has been like to be on this journey with the Darfur United men's soccer team, and the only word I can come up with to describe it is amazing.These men are fighters and have a never give up attitude.They...
Last Game, Help Us Get One Goal!
We need your positive energy to assist Darfur United in scoring ONE GOAL in their last game at the ConIFA World Football Cup 2014 in Ostersund, Sweden. These players are winners, no matter what happens, but ONE GOAL will be sweet! This Saturday, June 7, root for...
Never, Never, Never Give Up
I suspect that the player’s spend a lot of time in the refugee camps “imagining…..” Imagining what it’s like “out there” in the World as we know it. The camps are a dark place at night, with limited electricity…there’s not much to do but imagine….I wonder where their...
A Typical Darfuri Training Session…
The three dots at the end of this heading are imperative to include in this blog. Reasons to follow. For those of you who have never observed a Darfuri futbol game in the refugee camps or training session out here in Osterstund, Sweden, it is quite a unique and...
Coaching Darfuri Men
I’ve been fortunate enough to coach soccer to many different age groups, competitive levels, males and females and various regions of the world, however I most certainly have never coached Darfuri men. Before embarking on this trip as an assistant coach for Darfur...
Watching Football, Dreaming Peace
In 2005, I headed out to Darfuri refugee camps on the Chad-Sudan border with a little camera and a very naive heart and mind. I was going to go put a face on the numbers of dead, raped, and displaced that were being reported from what was being called, "hell on...
The Ball is Small, but the Meaning is Much Bigger
"The ball is small, but the meaning is much bigger,” is what Darfur United goalie Ismail said to a Japanese journalist this morning during his interview. He was describing what participating in World Football Cup meant to him. There’s something special about watching...
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[VIDEO] Darfur United 2014, ConIFA World Football Cup
Darfur United 2014, ConIFA World Football Cup from i-ACT on Vimeo. After many obstacles and a long trip from the refugee camps home, Darfur United arrives in Ostersund, Sweden to participate in the ConIFA World Football Cup. What a journey!
A day in a life at the World Football Cup
Many of you following the team’s journey might wonder what the its daily schedule is like here in Ostersund for the World Football Cup. On match days, like today, the players are on a pretty tight schedule. They're up quite early for breakfast here at the hotel. Food...