The end or just the beginning?

The end or just the beginning?

by | Apr 7, 2012

As we were getting ready to leave Camp Djabal for the last time, my new friend Rahma kept telling me that it was to be a very sad day. That it wouldn’t be the same after we left. All I could think of was to agree with Rahma, as he is rarely wrong with his...

Kwayes

by | Apr 7, 2012

آﻮیﺲ (kwayes) is Arabic for good. The word was heard with greater frequency as training progressed. Here’s a short video of one of the dozens of drills run over the past week. Within each one, I could see the players improve and gain confidence in real time. It...

United At Play

by | Apr 6, 2012

Coach Mark Hodson walks the field during a scrimmage on the last day of training. Both he and the players have learned a lot this week and have grown close to one another in the process. The next time they’ll take the field together will be in Iraqi Kurdistan...
A True Sacrifice

A True Sacrifice

by | Apr 4, 2012

We have our final team meeting with the Darfur United team tomorrow morning before we catch a flight back to N’Djamena and leave the players with the job to train themselves using the schedule Coach Mark leaves behind for the next eight weeks leading up to the...