Posts Tagged ‘Homeless World Cup’
Tuesday, August 4th, 2009
A great weekend of sports and social change concluded here in DC. San Francisco won the Cup and will head to Milan to participate in the Homeless World Cup Tournament.
Thank you to Mark Ein for letting these folks play in his great tennis stadium and thank you to all of the folks who donated time, money and effort to make this tournament a great success.
Here is the ESPN write-up on the event. Thanks for your ongoing support. “A ball can change your life.”
Tags: Homeless World Cup, Soccer, Street Soccer USA, Ted Leonsis, Ted's Take
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Saturday, July 11th, 2009
As many of you have requested, here is the information about the Street Soccer Tournament coming to downtown DC. Click here for information on volunteering, attending the tournament or coming to some of the parties and related information.
This is a worthy cause. A ball can change your life. And for inspiration watch Kicking It on SnagFilms. Click here to watch the movie.
Tags: Homeless World Cup, Kicking It, SnagFilms, Soccer, Ted Leonsis, Ted's Take
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Tuesday, June 30th, 2009
Click here to read about Street Soccer; The Homeless World Cup trials coming to Washington, DC; and the DC Knights homeless soccer team.
I am proud to continue my family’s sponsorship of this worthy event. Get involved. Donate some time or money to this great cause and come on down and watch some games at Kastles Stadium.
Tags: DC Knights, Homeless World Cup, Kastles Stadium, Street Soccer USA, Ted Leonsis, Ted's Take
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Thursday, June 18th, 2009
Here is a New York Times piece on the DC based Homeless World Cup tournament to be played in July at Kastles’ Stadium. Several folks have asked me for details and for logistical information which is contained within.
Click here for more info.
This is a great event and a worthy cause and one that I hope you will come out to support. Thank you.
Tags: Homeless World Cup, Soccer, Ted Leonsis, Ted's Take
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Monday, May 4th, 2009
Wow. Here is a major piece on homeless soccer in the New York Times. As a reminder, this was the subject of our film Kicking It, available on SnagFilms. Thanks again to ESPN for showing this film to a worldwide audience. Click here to watch it.
Also, we will be hosting the US based Homeless World Cup qualifiers again here in Washington DC in late June. Stay tuned for more details.
Kudos to Lawrence Cann and his team for doing the Lord’s work here.
Tags: Homeless World Cup, Lawrence Cann, Soccer, Ted Leonsis, Ted's Take
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Tuesday, September 9th, 2008
Here is a nice story on the Homeless World Cup, Kicking It and its debut on ESPN. Check it out.
Tags: ESPN, Homeless World Cup, Kicking It, Soccer, Ted Leonsis, Ted's Take
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Wednesday, August 13th, 2008
Here is a very nice write-up on “Kicking It” and The Homeless World Cup. The folks at DC United and MLS have been a joy to work with. They are very connected to their communities and understand the power of sports to transform lives.
ESPN will start showing “Kicking It” in September. I will update you on the programming times once they are available. I hope those of you who didn’t see the film at a festival or in a theater will watch it for free on TV.
Tags: DC United, ESPN, Homeless World Cup, Kicking It, MLS, Ted Leonsis, Ted's Take
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Sunday, July 20th, 2008
Summer is the time to regroup and to rest but so far this summer has been one of burning the midnight oil.
So far we have:
- Been to Toronto to the NHL Awards ceremonies. Alex swept the awards including the MVP and our coach picked up the NHL Coach of the Year award;
- Came back to DC and were feted by the Mayor. Alex got the keys to the city. We saw our fans at an event and we had a big party celebrating the awards;
- Went to the NHL draft and picked two players in the first round;
- Had a busy off season signing Jose Theodore as a free agent and re-signing Mike Green, Brooks Laich, Sergei Fedorov, Matt Bradley, Eric Fehr, Boyd Gordon and just about everyone else on our slate. We await the outcome of arbitration with just one player and we will be done with a very busy off season. Let us NOT forget that during the season we re-signed Alex Semin, Alex Ovechkin and Donald Brashear to extensions as well;
- Held a fabulous Fan Fest at Kettler Capitals Iceplex. Thank you to all that attended;
- Completed a new film called “Kicking It” which went into theaters;
- Hosted the US based Homeless World Cup in DC where we met more than 100 homeless people. We embraced them; housed them at George Washington University; fed them well via volunteerism from many of the Capitals’ great sponsors; took them to see “Kicking It”; took them to the DC United vs. LA Galaxy game; and chose a team to send to Australia for the Homeless World Cup in December;
- Launched a new business called SnagFilms which we talked about last week. SnagFilms is off to a great start and I encourage you to go snag a film widget or go watch a film online via a widget. Check out SnagFilms.com daily :-);
- SnagFilms acquired indieWIRE, the leading online site for news and information on independent films. Check out indieWIRE.com for all of the latest on independent films and what is happening at film festivals.
Wow - what a busy summer already. I am hopeful that in August the pace will slow down and my family and I can relax a bit more.
Tags: Alex Ovechkin, Hockey, Homeless World Cup, Kicking It, NHL Draft, SnagFilms, Ted Leonsis, Ted's Take, Washington Capitals
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Thursday, July 3rd, 2008
Check this one out and thank you.
Tags: Homeless World Cup, Soccer, Ted Leonsis, Ted's Take
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