About a year and a half ago a remarkable article you may have read came out in the Sunday NY Times about a group of young soccer players in Georgia. Called “Refugees Find Hostility and Hope on Soccer Field“, by Warren St. John, it was a sad but ultimately hopeful piece about overcoming obstacles and finding success in a new country. The story got a lot of play and was quickly sold to Universal for $3 million and will be made into a movie tentatively called “The Fugees” (writer Andrea Berloff is attached).
I was interested in what happened to the kids a year on, and found this recent write up. Many positive things have come from the story: fields have been built, uniforms donated, etc. Perhaps most importantly, several of the players have been accepted to private schools in the area and others are going on to college and building on their success.
When the movie comes out, this story will blow up huge. BTW, I can’t imagine that every actress in Hollywood won’t want the part of that coach.
