One Ball, One World girls high school match up in Texas: Lake Travis High School V’s Austin High School
The Ball is coming to San Francisco. It is being hosted by San Francisco Spikes Soccer Club and Street Soccer USA. Anyone in and around the Bay Area… come on down and meet The Ball.
The Ball – Soccer’s Olympic Torch with SSUSA Bay Area and SF Spikes
The Ball – Soccer’s Olympic Torch arrives in SF on Sunday, March 2nd.
Below is a tentative schedule for this exciting day!
1:00-1:30 Meet & Greet at Dolores Park with @[162487818267:274:Spirit Of Football]
1:30-2:00 Spirit of Football Match with @[164511680252090:274:Street Soccer Bay Area] and @[12185372069:274:San Francisco Spikes Soccer Club] on flat space at Dolores Park. Feel free to bring drinks, snacks and a blanket to sit and watch or bring your boots and join the match!
2:00-3:00 Small Sided Pickup Matches
4:00-6:00 Mad Dog in the Fog w/ presentation at 5:00pm.
About The Ball:
Soccer`s Olympic Torch – The Ball is en route to Brazil.
After 9000 miles, 10 countries, 20 school workshops, 14 visits to top European soccer clubs, and nearly 50 days on the road accumulating more than 4500 signatures, soccer`s Olympic Torch is in San Francisco en route through 25 countries from London to the FIFA World Cup in Brazil. It is celebrating the positive Spirit of soccer around the globe.
Superstars of the world game like Lucas Leiva at
FC Liverpool, Robert Lewandowski and Marco Reus at Borussia Dortmund and Italian international Alberto Gilardino at Genoa CFC have all signed it. So too have homeless street soccer players in Glasgow and
NYC and refugees in Atlanta. So too have Notre Dame Men`s football and soccer stars, US Senators, Mayors of cities, policemen, military folk and firefighters and countless other children and adults across Europe and the USA.
FC Barcelona`s soccer stars have also signed in to support the message: One Ball, One World. The message is a simple one that one ball and the sport of football can connect people all around the world regardless of race, religion, intellectual capacity or sexual orientation. School children have been surprised and elated to see the video message from their heroes Cesc Fabregas, Riobert Song, Dani Alves and Gerald Pique supporting the One Ball, One World initiative.
The Ball is coming to share its One Ball, One World message with Street Soccer USA and Spikes FC in San Francisco from 1st to 3rd of March. From street to school
to stadium, from world super star to aspiring youth, The Ball will get to feel the true positive Spirit of community in San Francisco.
For more information on the history of The Ball and its journey so far, please see:
Liverpool TV: Lucas Leiva and Alan Kennedy
FC Barcelona One Ball, One World:
Tottenham Hotspur FC – Ledley King and a visit to a local Tottenham school:
“The Beautiful Game” music video. Is The Ball`s theme song for the journey. The cult band New Model Army wrote it for Spirit of Football:
Sky News Italy`s report (in Italian)on The Ball being in Genoa, Italy:
The Ball visited the Marbridge Foundation in Austin, Texas and met a young man named John Molina with a spirit of football story to tell. He is a Special Olympics athlete who raised $450 to start a soccer team. Special thanks to Brian Gonzales, Marbridge`s very special residents, Hughie Shaw, Jana Kay and the entire team for making it happen.
Kai Siegel’s breakdance at Bethune Elementary in Detroit. Kai has been on the road with The Ball in the USA. His array of talents and energy have been an incredible help to the Spirit of Football cause. Thanks Kai and check this out:
Clint Harris 2013 Big 12 outdoor discus champion throws The Ball a looooong way at the University of Texas
Spirit of Football e.V. @Allstar Burger Austin
The Ball in Austin at the University of Texas
Thanks to Jeff Wonzenkraft for the wonderful hospitality and for showing The Ball the friendly South Side of Chicago. Here is your L-Train Cubs late night kick-on shot…
The Ball is in Austin, Texas. Good night.
Thats a couple of our awesome hosts in the States.
