Come join us tonight, Thursday, June 23 at Legends in New York City for the America SCORES New York draw party. We’ll be picking out the brackets for the America SCORES Cup this Saturday at Pier 40. Come for a few happy hour drinks, some great company, and learn a bit more about America SCORES New York.
And if you’re still interested in playing in the 7 v 7 co-ed tournament this weekend, drop us a line at info@nutmegradio.com.
Look forward to seeing you!
A few months ago, we brought you news about sOccket, a soccer ball that doubles as a portable, energy-storing power source. Since then, the sOccket team has pushed forward, officially introducing the ball to the world at the World Cup in South Africa. Already, sOccket seems to have more promise than its distant relative, Jabulani.
Jessica Lin, one of sOccket’s Co-Founders, believes that sOccket has a role to play in energy problems that have plagued the developing world for decades. Lin says, “sOccket may not be a solution to the energy crisis, but it is a new way of thinking about problems many people face on a day to day basis … and it enables empowerment for children literally to power their own lives.” (more…)
Mail & Guardian’s Mark Gevisser asks the question that several locals I met in South Africa during the World Cup asked: “If South Africa can deliver a global mega-event, why can’t it tackle its inequality with the same energy and efficiency?”
Many South Africans were proud of the show that they successfully put on for the world while wondering what else could be done if the powers that be focused on social challenges with the same level of urgency that they focused on delivering the World Cup. But this same question applies to a lot of what the world accomplishes in the name of sport and entertainment. (more…)
NWA, I’m shaking my fist at you. You put Compton on the map. Well played for that, I think. But years have passed, and your mark on the map is now overshadowing other marks. What was once the public face of Compton to the masses, or at least the first name yelled in free association, should no longer be. This isn’t an indictment of what’s in your iPod (or mine), but rather a short plea to allow yourself, ye olde consumers of culture, to be reprogrammed to make room for the new faces of Compton. (more…)
Barcelona is branching out into Ghana, even if they don’t know it.
Yesterday we introduced Keta Sandlanders. Today we bring you our exchange with the Sandlanders team, specifically Sandlanders Chairman and Founder Frank Cole and Vice-Chairman Paul Jones. We covered everything from the club to Barcelona, development, a young Fabregas/Pienaar, and the upcoming World Cup.
Enjoy … (more…)
Division 2 Ghanaian club Keta Sandlanders, based on the coast of Ghana’s Volta Region, is one of the more interesting clubs around, not necessarily because it has trophies busting through the clasp of some varnished trophy cabinet, or because the Sandlanders have produced Ghanaian talents that are now household names, but because of the club’s vision of what the Sandlanders could be. (more…)
Last week , Elton John spent his 63rd birthday in South Africa endorsing an HIV initiative supported by one of our favorite non-profit organizations, Grassroot Soccer (GRS). The initiative, Football for Hope, is a movement created by FIFA and StreetFootballWorld, a football development network. The goal (no pun intended, well maybe a little) is to open 20 centers across the continent that would use football as a platform to educate African youth about important social issues, such as HIV prevention, children’s rights and the environment. (more…)
The two-part video below from CNN of Diego Maradona’s recent visit to South Africa and the Maceira United football club in Angola points out the impact that football has on people’s lives. The video is a testament to the game’s power as an uplifting force in people’s lives across the world.
Colombianitos is a Colombian non-profit created to help child victims of armed conflict in Colombia. Founded in Atlanta by a group of Colombian professionals in 2002, Colombianitos started in one of the poorest parts of Bogota, and has since expanded into four other Colombian cities, Cartegena, Puerto Tejada, Barbosa, Sincelejo, and Medellín.
Through the Colombianitos Football School, the organization uses football to tempt children away from drugs and crime that plague their communities. (more…)
If you love perms or Didier Drogba, you’ll love the Les Éléphants shirt …
Spain is trying to conquer the world again. This time, they might succeed.
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Fiorentina Decide That a Message is More Powerful Than a Sponsor
by Clive Longbottom-Fellow, Esq.
Pretty awesome, Fiorentina.
Italian club Fiorentina has perhaps inteligently decided to move on from their previous shirt sponsor Toyota. But instead of going out to broker a deal with another mega-corporation with a faulty product, Fiorentina has admirably decided to go touchy-feely. (more…)
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