Street Socceroos delight the crowd (with a fabulous display of Greek dancing)
Posted by Melissa Razuki - 01/08/2007
Solidarity and friendship was the theme of one of the friendliest matches of the Homeless World Cup tournament: Greece V Australia.
Melissa Razuki
I am an Australian mother of four football mad children and a the wife of a man who coaches a collection of twenty-somethings who don't care as much as he does. He also coaches 10 year old girls who are unbeaten in an U11 league in Melbourne, but they do drive him mad when they hold 'mother's meetings' in the middle of the pitch and the defenders do each other's hair in particularly one-sided games. I manage an U15 boys team and in my spare time I volunteer with and support the Australian team, the Street Socceroos. George Halkias, their Coach, and I take the Street Socceroos into schools to teach young people Street Soccer and to talk to them about social justice issues such as homelessness, substance abuse, mental illness, refugees - in fact players in the program represent just about every social problem Australia faces today. I have travelled to Copenhagen to support the Street Socceroos and to experience the energy and excitement of the 2007 Homeless World Cup. I am a football evangelist who honestly believes that people can improve their lives through football. I will be meeting and reporting on people here in Copenhagen who are living examples of this.
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Soccer Soldiers blitz the Street Socceroos
Posted by Melissa Razuki - 01/08/2007
Liberia, reportedly a collection of young homeless soldiers, blasted the Australian goalkeeper with a barrage of shots yesterday in a physical match against the Street Socceroos on Tuesday.
Finns too sharp for Street Socceroos
Posted by Melissa Razuki - 01/08/2007
The Finns gave the Socceroos glimpses of danger below the calm surface on Monday with a convincing win over the Aussies.
Magic of the HWC
Posted by Melissa Razuki - 01/08/2007
Sharon, the sole female in the Street Socceroos line-up, sat amongst football’s super, saints, sponsors and successes today in a press conference to announce Eric Cantona’s appointment as official ambassador for the Homeless World Cup.
Street Socceroos hotter than Chile
Posted by Melissa Razuki - 01/08/2007
The Street Socceroos had their first Victory on Wednesday against the mature Chileans.
Mexicans make salsa of the Street Socceroos
Posted by Melissa Razuki - 01/08/2007
The mature Mexican team chopped, ground and ultimately crushed the singing Socceroos in a tough match at Copenhagen’s Town square.
STREET SOCCEROOS DELIGHT THE CROWD (with a fabulous display of Greek dancing)
Posted by Melissa Razuki - 01/08/2007
Solidarity and friendship was the theme of one of the friendliest matches of the tournament: Greece V Australia.
STREET SOCCEROOS SCUPPER SCOTLAND (from scoring a goal a minute)
Posted by Melissa Razuki - 30/07/2007
The Street Socceroos gave Scotland a scare yesterday when they held out for 52 seconds before the defence crumbled in a barrage of goals.
NO RAIN ON THIS PARADE
Posted by Melissa Razuki - 30/07/2007
Mal Young, founder of the Homeless World Cup, opened the tournament with a sweeping hand gesture over the assembled rag tag collection of excited faces from 48 nations across the globe. “This is the United nations...” and it truly is.
