Leave a Message for the Team!

Leave a Message for the Team!

by | Jun 2, 2012

The team has arrived in Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan, and they are practicing with Coach Mark and Coach Ben. Their first game will be on June 4 at midnight against North Cyprus. Leave a message below, and Gabriel will share your message with the team before they take the...

Sound Off 3: Sulieman Reflects on the Journey

by | Jun 2, 2012

Sulieman, a natural leader on and off the field, reflects on the true meaning behind Darfur United and the impact of the previous eight weeks of training. The team is more than 16 people playing football (soccer), it is a family that has united camps, tribes, and...
We Are Up, Up and Away—Someone Pinch Us Please

We Are Up, Up and Away—Someone Pinch Us Please

by | Jun 1, 2012

Somehow, the driver that took us to a ten minute meeting left and did not come back for forty-five. It was now less than two hours before departure for us and a team of refugees, all of them carrying temporary travel documents on their very first international flight....
Long Day Journal

Long Day Journal

by | May 30, 2012

Exhausting. Up at 3:30am and out at the camp by 5. The players were all already up and getting ready for the trip to N’Djamena, for sure the farthest any of them have been from home. Two players, Mohamed and Mohamed, had to leave earlier than the others because...
From Tent to Five-Star

From Tent to Five-Star

by | May 28, 2012

Sixteen young men, all refugees from Darfur now living in camps close to the Chad-Sudan border, will be traveling with us to Iraqi Kurdistan to compete in an international soccer tournament, the Viva World Cup. There’s nobody around to pinch me. Those sixteen...