Ted's Take

I am hopeful that we can turn out a crowd to watch this weekend’s events.

First, starting on Friday, there will be a free street soccer tournament held at the Kastles Stadium at the old convention center site, 11th and H Street in downtown DC. We will be hosting a bunch of teams from around the country. We are bringing in about 100 homeless soccer players, their coaches and some volunteers and they will be playing street soccer all day on Friday, Saturday and on Sunday afternoon. The winners will be picked to represent the US in the Homeless World Cup in Melbourne, Australia, this December.

If you can come, consider volunteering to help us, or if you attend the games, please bring some bottled water and some granola bars for our players as a show of support.

On Friday evening the film “Kicking It” opens at the E Street Cinema, 555 11th Street NW in Washington, DC. This film - which just showed to a standing room only crowd at Silverdocs on Saturday - was directed by local talent and was produced by me and some friends and partners in our sports teams. Please consider going to see the film and going to the web site. Click here for more information. See you all on Friday.

Tags: Homeless World Cup, Kicking It, Soccer, Ted Leonsis, Ted's Take

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