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The Beautiful Game is a 2024 British sports drama film directed by Thea Sharrock and written by Frank Cottrell-Boyce.The film stars Bill Nighy and Micheal Ward.. The squad of English homeless footballers, including the talented but troubled striker Vinny, are led by their coach Mal, to compete in Rome at the global annual football tournament, the Homeless World Cup.
Homeless World Cup. The Homeless World Cup is an annual association football tournament organized by the Homeless World Cup Foundation, a social organization which advocates the end of homelessness through the sport. The organization puts together an annual football tournament where teams of homeless people from various countries compete.
The Homeless World Cup is based on a true story. Lisa Wrightsman explains how street soccer changed her life and the reality behind the movie, including what it gets right.
The first Homeless World Cup was held in 2003, and in the past two decades, nearly 70 countries and 1.2 million people have participated. Movie Review: Bill Nighy, Michael Ward shine in Netflix ...
Kicking It. Kicking It is a 2008 documentary film directed by Susan Koch and Jeff Werner focusing on the experiences of seven homeless people at the Homeless World Cup football (soccer) game. Featured in the documentary, narrated by actor Colin Farrell were residents of Afghanistan; Kenya; Dublin, Ireland; Charlotte, North Carolina; Madrid ...
The 40-team tournament, which runs from July 8-15 at California State University, Sacramento, is the brainchild of Homeless World Cup Foundation. About 500 of those players will participate in ...
The program grew to a 16 city league of programs across the country, and Street Soccer USA became its own 501(c)3 organization in 2010. [citation needed] SSUSA is the official partner of the annual Homeless World Cup, founded by Mel Young, and is responsible for organizing the United States' participation in the cup.
2018 Homeless World Cup. The 2018 Homeless World Cup was the 16th edition of the Homeless World Cup which took place in Zocalo, Mexico City from November 13–18. [1][2] More than 500 players representing 47 countries participated at the event. [1] This was the second time Mexico hosted the tournament after the 2012 edition.