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The Homeless World Cup organization was co-founded by Mel Young and Harald Schmied in 2001 to advocate for a global solution to homelessness. The first annual football tournament for homeless people took place in 2003 in Graz, Austria. Host cities since then have included Gothenburg, Edinburgh, Copenhagen, Cape Town, Melbourne, Milan, Rio de ...
The tournament is being held after a three-year hiatus due to the pandemic, when homeless populations surged in many U.S. cities. In Sacramento alone, it increased 68% between 2020 and 2022.
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 filmmakers also cast real Homeless World Cup alums who play for the American team. Among them is Lisa Wrightsman, who coached the American team at the first U.S. Homeless World Cup in ...
2019 →. 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.
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 ...
Players representing 29 countries took part in the Homeless World Cup, a tournament that aims to raise awareness about people who are homeless or refugees.
2012 Homeless World Cup. The Homeless World Cup is a social organization with the goal of ending homelessness through the sport of football. The organization hopes that engaging homeless people in football will encourage them to change their own lives and develop solutions to worldwide homelessness.