A day in a life at the World Football Cup

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....
The Will to Never Quit

The Will to Never Quit

It’s hard to tell where the journey of Darfur United began. I can reference when we first discussed the idea at Good Stuff in Hermosa Beach with i-ACT’s Ian Harrington. I can recall when Coach Mark Hodson first stepped onto the sandy pitch in refugee camp Djabal for...
Beyond the Scoreboard, Beautiful Moments

Beyond the Scoreboard, Beautiful Moments

After the game, our Darfur United players looked tired and upset. They went against a strong tournament favorite, Padania, a region of Northern Italy. It was painful to lose 20 to 0, no matter what we told them about how improved they looked from two years ago and the...
Got Stress?

Got Stress?

Talk about taking it all the way down to the wire! It’s just over 24hrs from when we have to be at the airport for our flight to Sweden, and the French Embassy here in N’Djamena, the ones processing Darfur United players’ visas, have not been able to...
My Golden Year

My Golden Year

It’s my golden birthday year! I’m far from home, friends and family, but I have the privilege of spending my golden day in N’djamena, Chad with the Darfur United team and Gabriel Stauring! It was another day of stress for our team, but today, since its my...