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Archive for July, 2007

Kickin’ It With Ethan Zohn

Wednesday, July 25th, 2007

From d3kicks.com:

Ladies and gentlemen, after a long lay off, it’s good to be back and “Kickin’ It ” with all of you. With the fall season rapidly approaching, we at D3Kicks.com wanted to make our first interview of 2007 a very special one, so we tracked down one of …

Millennial Challenge

Sunday, July 22nd, 2007

There’s an interview with Ethan posted at the Millennial Challenge site - check it out.

Dispatch

Sunday, July 22nd, 2007

The band Dispatch put together a soccer tournament to raise money for GRS. Here are a few photos from the event.

Grassroot Soccer Youth Serve As Player Escorts in “90 Minutes For Mandela”

Tuesday, July 10th, 2007

Press release from streetfootballworld:

Grassroot Soccer participants will have a role to play in an important football match being played at Newlands Stadium in Cape Town, South Africa on July 18th. The “90 Minutes For Mandela” match, organized by FIFA together with the South African Football Association (SAFA), the …

GRS chosen to find player escorts for the “Match for Mandella”

Friday, July 6th, 2007

An impressive group of soccer greats will be gathering to play in the “90 Minutes for Mandella” match in Cape Town, South Africa. Grassroot Soccer has the honor of selecting the 25 player escorts for the match. These children will no doubt be thrilled to escort their soccer heroes …