Celebrities and Soccer Stars Take the Field for a Good Cause
From Ziga-Zoga’s Blog:
On Saturday afternoon, the Texas Pro Soccer Festival took a little time off from serious football for a little fun and fundraising.
In New Braunfels, a host of reality show TV stars and former professional soccer players gathered at New Braunfels High School for a charity match for Grassroot Soccer and Footballers For Peace.
It was an action-packed, entertaining match, with 23 goals, a few bicycle kicks, and a lot of fun times and laughs all around.
Representing the reality show stars were the likes of Ethan Zohn, Survivor winner, former goalkeeper in the Zimbabwe professional leagues, and founder of Grassroot Soccer, Dr. Will Kirby from Big Brother and Dr. 90210, Survivor’s Johnny Fairplay, and several others who took their turns at being soccer players for at least a day.
On the soccer stars’ side were former MLS and US national team star Marcelo Balboa, former MLS/US national team star and current Chivas USA coach Preki, Footballers For Peace founder, professional soccer player, and Ziga-Zoga member Philip Kutsu, and Ziga-Zoga’s own Jason Cronkhite.
The fact that the soccer star side won 12-11 in a thriller that came down to the final minute is irrelevant, as the afternoon was more about having fun and raising money for two great causes.
If you’d like to know more about Grassroot Soccer, go to http://www.grassrootsoccer.org, and if you’d like to know more about Footballers For Peace, go to their group on Ziga-Zoga at http://www.zigazoga.com/group/soccerplayersforpeace.
A lot of people can be helped and a lot of lives can be saved through both of these groups, and I encourage all of you to give them a look and to try to do your part, one way or another, to make a difference for at least one person out there.