Darfur United Training Video

The 15 players and five reserves continue to practice in refugee Camp Djabal for the Viva World Cup!  Here they begin their warm up with a routine taught to them by Coach Mark Hodson during his recent trip the camps in March and April 2012. If you look closely you can...

Whatever it Takes

Day 3 at Camp Djabal comes to a close. The sad part is that we only have three full days left. We just had our meeting to make our final decisions on who will be the final fifteen, with five reserves, to represent Darfur United in Iraq come May. After going through...

Sound Off: Sulieman Adam Borma

Sulieman Adam Borma (#53) is a Darfuri Refugee from Camp Goz Amer in Eastern Chad. He’s one of 60 players trying out for the Darfur United soccer team. We’ll be uploading more Sound Offs over the coming days. Please join the conversation.
Almost There

Almost There

When I was checking my bag at JfK in New York, I was showing my passport to the person working for Air France, and he noticed my visa for Chad. I’m not 100% sure, but when he noticed the visa and the area where it said “humanitarian” his eyes seemed...

Meet the Coaches

Mark Hodson and Paul Revill are traveling to the refugee camps in eastern Chad to hold tryouts for the first Darfur United soccer squad. In this video, they discuss their plan for building the team, expectations and why soccer has such universal appeal.