When I was eight, I moved to Sao Paulo, Brazil (from Cuiaba, Brazil), where I began to play soccer (football). I have always loved to play soccer. I played on the junior team for Sao Paulo in 2000. We were in the middle of the Paulista Junior Championships when I received a yellow card. I …
Article from www.uslchampionship.com Soccer is like my conscience. It guides me. Tells me how to live. When I was young, for the most part, it kept me away from a lot of distractions like parties, girlfriends or getting in trouble, because I was so focused on achieving my goals. If something wasn’t going to help …
Story from FIFA.com: The FC Kansas City players were sat around a table, during a bible session two years ago, when one of them mentioned a group called ‘Athletes in Action’. The international organisation describes itself as being ‘focused on equipping athletes, coaches, and sport-minded individuals to grow in their relationship with Jesus and multiply …
Having spent the first ten years of my life with an undiagnosed case of Tourette’s syndrome—a neurological disorder characterized by physical and verbal tics—I did not experience a lot of peace. But even though my life often seemed chaotic, I knew I could always count on at least one person to provide calm and stability: …
Tim Howard – if gone tomorrow, I would still have peace Read More »
My journey with Christ started at a very young age. My parents really wanted to instill that belief inside of me. We would always go to church – that was very important. Because of that, I wouldn’t necessarily say that there was a point when I started following Christ. I think the desire to know …