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Homeless Soccer? Huh?


If you walked past this guy on the streets I'm sure the first thing that would cross your mind is, that guy is most certainly a World Cup soccer player. Well in fact, apparently he is, but not for the typical FIFA World Cup (the only time Americans care about soccer), but for the Homeless World Cup. Ya you read that right, the Homeless World Cup.

The Homeless World Cup, which is being held from July 29th to August 4th in Copenhagen this year, is an annual soccer tournament consisting of, well, people that have been homeless at some point in the past year. More specifically here are the exact player eligibility qualifications courtesy of wikipedia:

* Be male or female and at least 16 years of age at the time of the tournament
* Have been homeless at some point after the previous year's World Cup OR
* Make their main living income as a streetpaper vendor OR
* Be asylum seekers (who have neither positive asylum status nor working permit)


Not surprisingly the American squad, named The New Yorkers, wonder where they're from, hasn't ever finished in the top 8 in the 4 year history of the event.

You could either view this as compelling or hilarious, just depends on how black your soul is. That picture is surely funny, the video isn't though. Eh I'm on the fence...



Courtesy of Who Ate All the Pies

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