From Strangers to Brothers, On and Off the Field

From Strangers to Brothers, On and Off the Field

It was not a great start to our soccer story. It was going to be beautiful, I thought, the bringing together of young men from all twelve refugee camps, representing over a dozen tribes to become a team, to joyfully play together—united! As we stood in front of them...
On the Road to Another World Cup

On the Road to Another World Cup

Remember how exciting and inspiring it was to get the Darfur United team to Iraqi-Kurdistan to compete in the VIVA World Cup!? Well, we get to relive this excitement and inspiration again this year, as we prepare the team for the ConIFA World Championship in Sweden!...
A Goal for the Darfur United Soccer Academy

A Goal for the Darfur United Soccer Academy

On my first trip to the Darfuri refugee camps of eastern Chad, Gabriel and I played four against 15 with sandals perched in the sand for goal posts. Since the other team didn’t assume I could really play, they left me unmarked. My first goal resulted in lots of...

“I’m here as a humanitarian”

Read about Darfur United’s very own athletic trainer Alexandra Nuttall Smith in the October issue of National Athletic Trainers’ Association News! In the article “Donating to Darfur: Sports Medicine for Refugee Athletes”, Alexandra explains how she got involved with...