Kicking It chronicles the lives of seven players taking a once in a
lifetime opportunity to represent their country at the Cape Town 2006
Homeless World Cup. Najib from war torn Afghanistan; Alex from the slums
of Kenya; Damien and Simon from the drug rehab clinics of Dublin,
Ireland; Craig from the streets of Charlotte, North Carolina; Jesus from
the overflowing public shelters of Madrid, Spain, and Slavan from the
shadow culture of the illegal rural immigrants to the big city of St.
Petersburg, Russia. [D-Man2010]
About the Homeless World Cup that
was first established in 2001 to give homeless people the opportunity
to better their lives through sports. Five years later, 20,000 homeless
people had competed on street soccer teams, with 500 players selected to
represent 48 countries in the fourth annual Homeless World Cup in Cape
Town, South Africa, in the summer of 2006. Here, seven players are
profiled who become heroes on the soccer pitch and find a way out of
their situations.
