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Homeless Football World Cup Is The Focus Of Milano

Serie A Weekly 27 September @ 08:09 AM EST
Step aside AC Milan and Internazionale Team Homeless is in town. Representing the world in Milano...
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US Men v. El Salvador: The glass is half . . .

Soccer Soap Box 07 September @ 10:26 PM EST

Since thinking through results of soccer matches require a fair bit of perspective, and I'm often in need of some emotional detachment . . . I'm going to try offering a view double-sided view of the US v. El Salvador game (and maybe others)  via a glass half-empty vs. glass half-full analogy.

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The Homeless World Cup

The Scottish Football Blog 20 August @ 01:00 PM EST
You might have noticed a new advert at the bottom of the page. It's for the Homeless World Cup which kicks off in a couple of weeks in Milan. 48 teams of homeless people from around the world will travel to Italy.Milan is the seventh tournament and the event has grown and grown since it sprang to life in Graz in 2003. Click to continue reading...

Video: Access United - Episode 20

Behind the Badge 30 July @ 03:13 PM EST

Can you believe we're 20 episodes in to the best web show ever in the history of Major League Soccer? Time flies when you're having fun. Host Tony Limarzi recaps the San Jose and Firpo draws and previews Saturday's contest in Houston against the Dynamo. In the final segment, Boyzzz Khumalo plays soccer with the homeless at Street Soccer USA, an amazing program that uses soccer for social change.

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15 Below: Stuff it yourself winter jacket for the Homeless

The Other Football 21 December @ 02:25 PM EST
Winter sucks up here in Buffalo, and Toronto gets even chillier. While we bundle up in layers or furry coats, the homeless are left to huddle in alleyways with absolutely nothing. Whatever they have, they stuff with newspaper to keep as warm as they can. You can only stuff so many tabloids into a ratty [. Click to continue reading...

Iraqi insurgents break ranks over Asian Cup title and other soccer news

My Soccer Blog 06 August @ 11:50 AM EST
It looks like the newest battle in Iraq's civil war has to do with their country's spectacular win in the Asian Cup as an insurgent group called Hamas al-Iraq has congratulated the team on their success.
"Hamas al-Iraq congratulates the Iraqi people on the occasion of our national team's winning the Asian Cup for 2007," the Sunni Muslim militant group said in a statement posted on a Web site used by al Qaeda and other insurgents.
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