Saturday Soccer

While most people spent Saturday getting muddy at the Caribbean Festival, I went downtown to see the U.S. trials for the Homeless World Cup. The Homeless World Cup is an annual 4 on 4 soccer tournament that spans over 58 countries. According to their website, through playing soccer in a competitive and organized setting, 77% of players have significantly improved their lives through employment, housing, education, and rehabilitation programs and 12 players even went on to become semi professional or professional soccer players or coaches. I caught the San Francisco vs. Minneapolis game (Minneapolis went on to win the trials) and the FC Harlem vs. Los Angeles exhibition. If you weren't able to make it out to H Street this weekend you can still catch the documentary about the Cup called Kicking It, playing at the Landmark E Street Cinema all week.