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Abby Wambach, Alex Morgan and Hope Solo to run the Chicago Marathon "U.S. Women's National team forward Abby Wambach prepares to take part in the Chicago Marathon for charity. Wambach will be joined by Alex Morgan and Hope Solo in running parts of the Marathon on Oct. 9, 2011." Video after the jump.... (more...)

United States Womens Soccer team visits the WHite House First Lady Michelle Obama welcomes the United States Women's World Cup team was at the White House for a Let's Move Soccer Clinic. October 6, 2011. Video after the jump... (more...)

"After fourteen years of bloody civil war, Liberians were left with a new and painful chapter in their history. In these post-war times, the people of Liberia must struggle to find reconciliation—they must forgive the past in order to pursue a better, brighter future. There is no more inspiring example of this attempt at reconciliation than that of ...

One Legged Stars on :: facebook :: tumblr I spotted this trailer on vimeo last week titled "Liberian Soccer Film," and was immediately curious as to what it was all about. Was this going to be a full length feature, was it going to be a web series, were they going to do profiles on all the players? But there was no description on the vimeo page and I ...

"Carlos is a Special Olympics athlete and captain of the soccer team for Special Olympics Ecuador. He has an intellectual disability that makes some parts of his life difficult. But through Special Olympics he has been able to find a job, support his family, play soccer and develop lasting relationships with his teammates. Carlos and his teammates ...

Chelsea Striker and Ivorian star Didier Drogba has agreed to join an 11-member Truth and Reconciliation Commission as a representative of his country's diaspora,  says the president of the Ivorian commission former prime minister Charles Konan Banny. "I just met President Ouattara and we talk about the start of our work," Banny told ...

Vanguard Documentary :: "Soccer's Lost Boys" In 2010 as South Africa prepared to host the World Cup, the focus was on many of the continent’s brightest stars in soccer, including Chelsea’s Didier Drogba and Inter Milan’s Samuel Eto’o. Correspondent Mariana van Zeller explores the dark side to the sport’s global popularity, what has been ...

Special Olympics Haiti, full length from Shannon Sanders on Vimeo. Found this cool piece surfing around on Vimeo... "This is the Special Olympics Haiti soccer team in Port-au-Prince. Many of them were deeply affected by the January 2010 earthquake, losing their homes and loved ones. Recovery is a constant struggle, but this team continues to move ...