Spectacular Venue for USA Trials
Posted on 25/06/2008
Join 100
homeless athletes from California to New York as they travel to Washington DC to compete
for the Homeless USA Cup and try out for the US team that will travel
to the Homeless World Cup in Melbourne, Australia. Teams will come from Ann Arbor,
Atlanta, Austin, Charlotte, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, New York,
Richmond, Phoenix, San Francisco, St. Louis, and Washington DC.
The Homeless USA Cup is FREE!
The tournament will take place at the venue established for the Washington Kastles, courtesty Mark Ein, Executive Producer Kicking It.
11th and H Street at Washington Kastles Stadium
27 - 29 June 2008.
FRIDAY
-CBS Early Show: 7:45 Am
-Skill Session with DC United's Ben Olsen: 9:30-10:30
-Opening Ceremony and games 12:30-7pm
SATURDAY
-Games: 8am-4pm FC Harlem vs. 07 Homeless National Team hosted by Rise Sports
-Semifinals: 5-6pm
-Rise Sports Poetry Slam: 6-7:30 Saturday
SUNDAY
-Championship Matches and Awards Ceremony: 4-5:30 pm Sunday
Plus Celebrity Soccer appearances by Ben Olson and Clyde Simms of DC United, music, poetry, soccer skills competition and more . .
Each player participating will receive special kits from the Homeless World Cup's international founding partner, Nike.
And while you are there you can catch Kicking It, the documentary about the Cape Town 2006 Homeless World Cup screening at:
Landmark's E Street Cinema
555 11th Street NW Washington
Box Office: (202) 452-7672
Go see!
