NEWS AND UPDATES
The Message They Carry
This blog was written by Rudy Sanchez, Darfur United Assistant Coach. During our stay, one of my tasks was to conduct a short interview where one of the questions asked the refugees what they missed most about their home in Darfur. Little to my surprise, the answer...
The Goal Without a Net
We’ve all come a long way in terms of distance traveled as players and as human beings. I still remember with vivid clarity the time we ran a football tryout, in the unlikely, apocalyptic setting of a refugee camp in Eastern Chad. If the truth be told, I had no idea...
The Ultimate Gift
We arrived in Ostersund with six staff members. If you ask the players, we will only be returning with five. Mohammad Adam and Sadaam had a hint of sincerity when they jokingly told me the team is going to do "whatever it takes" to keep Coach Mark in Sweden at the...
Insights from DU Athletic Trainer
During the training camp here in Ostersund, Sweden, as in many football training camps around the world, one objective is to provide the highest standard of medical care. Each player comes to see me--between on-field, snowy training sessions and team meals--in “the...
Darfur United Joy
We walk off of the plane and a nice, sharp cold hits us. This is not southern California, and it's definitely not eastern Chad. Östersund, Sweden might be an odd place for an all-refugee team from Darfur to meet up with its coaching and management team from the warm...
No More Silence
“If you look Amy in the eye, she may never stop talking!” A warm smile always cracks across my face when I hear this story. These words of caution were given to anyone who was in a rush or had somewhere to be when they happened to run into this chatty, confident...
Change in Seasons: Darfur United Team Training Camp
Most people say there are four seasons, but for soccer players, there’s two. Soccer season. And everything else. This change in seasons isn’t evident in the breeze or seen on the trees, but it’s felt in the heart. A sense of pure exhilaration begins to occupy every...
Become a Sustainer of Action
This blog post originally posted on iactivism.org. Join a group of people changing the world in the most effective and efficient way possible: iACT Sustainers of Action. Sustainers of Action support both the immediate needs and the expansion of iACT's innovative,...
Statement on the World Unity Cup
Thank you so much for your support of the participation of the Darfur United Men's Team in the World Unity Cup, which will be held in London. We just found out that the players were not granted visas to enter the United Kingdom, and so, unfortunately, we have had to...