Saturday 1 November 2014

A BALL CAN CHANGE THE WORLD

The vision of the Homeless World Cup is using the power of football to transform the lives of homeless people all over the world. This is becoming a reality in 70 countries worldwide, involving hundreds of thousands of footballers since 2003. In Santiago in October, 54 teams competed for the world title in 350 small sided games playing for seven trophies; 
see www.homelessworld cup.org or tweet to #HWCSUPPORTER.

Hosts Chile won the major men’s trophy beating Bosnia-Herzegovina 5-2.  Chile’s golden boy Ismael Mariqueo, who scored in tonight’s final, surprised the jubilant crowd and his girlfriend with an impromptu marriage proposal that sparked even more cheers from an already ecstatic crowd. Chile ladies won their final 4-3, captain, Denise Silva, scoring a crucial goal to secure victory.

All our home countries were represented with Northern Ireland winning their qualifying league. Eventually getting into the Accion Total Cup against Denmark, the Irish boys won 10-6 with a hat trick from Padraig McKissock . All countries had plenty of four a side games to play, with rolling subs over 7 minutes each way.

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