Soccer

A dual citizen of Nigeria and New York, U.S. (her parents emigrated from the former to the latter), Jessica Matthews invented the Soccket Ball, a soccer ball that captures and stores motion-based, off-grid, renewable energy (M.O.R.E) to electrify underserved communities in the developing world, when she was just a junior at Harvard University.

After decades of demands for democratic reform, the recent Hong Kong protests have created a citywide chaos in an attempt to make the cause a known worldwide issue. Their cause has the potential to impact the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the International Federation of Association (FIFA) in the near future.

The FIFA Women’s World Cup is still a while away, with the first round starting on June 7, 2019. However, the qualifying rounds have begun and that means it is time to start thinking about the international tournament. The FIFA […]

Jorge Acosta is a friend from Colombia; I grew up with in Miami, Florida. This video explains our lifestyle in Miami at a young age and how culture, ambience, sports, and weather are all significant factor that we both experienced […]

Colombian Soccer legend brings the Heat to West Kendall Streets (Part 2) Unlike other South Florida migrant groups, Colombians live and construct their businesses around their community. The sport of Soccer has become the dominant sport in Miami, Florida. Luis […]

So, you’ve made the big decision to go to America for college. Or maybe you just relate to the cultural differences between the U.S. and the U.K. all too well. Or perhaps you were just surfing the web and are […]

My daughter and her friends had soccer tryouts coming up and they had wanted to make the varsity team for their school. They were very nervous and keep saying how many girls were trying out and that many girls would […]

Part 1: The challenges Being in a new and different country can be challenging no matter how well traveled a person is. A new country poses problems like language barriers and lack of knowledge about local cultural customs and norms […]