Street Soccer

It’s back to the streets as KIA Street Soccer 2012 returns, following a three-week break during the mid-year school holidays.  It promises to bring even more action than the first half with players refreshed and ready to go, as well as the prospect of the national final looming. Coordinators and coaches, who have been keeping …

Too often children in South Africa are faced with the challenge of how to make things happen, even when they want to make things happen.  Scarce resources, financial constraints, and sometimes a lack of support, hinder their path to success. In providing all the equipment to each of the forty communities, even down to the …

The KIA Street Soccer players turn up in their numbers to have fun while their talent is on display for all to see.  While the league matches continue on a weekly basis, what the project has done beyond just the matches played is as important. In a country with a relatively high unemployment rate, Street …

The hype around the national finals is sending everyone into a spin.  Coaches, coordinators and the players are keen to give their all during their KIA Street Soccer league matches knowing that in just a few short weeks the regional finals will be at hand, and with it the chance to progress to the provincial …

With an established female presence, KIA Street Soccer is bucking the trend that girls don’t like sport.  As part of the Street Soccer requirements, each team is required to have at least two girls playing for them, with one set to be in the field of play at all times.  It has been a breath …

The quest to identify raw and natural talent in our streets is reaching fever pitch as eager communities turn out weekly, each player perhaps hoping they can do enough to be spotted amongst the thousands of hopefuls, to possibly set in motion a start at a career in the sporting world. A lack of level …

The excitement that was palpable at the KIA Street Soccer road shows has finally been released as weeks of health road shows and training have culminated in the launch of the KIA Street Soccer league.  Five thousand players have taken to the streets to show the flair and skills that are waiting to be discovered …

As the Sporting Chance Roadshows team packed their bags and headed to the coast, we wondered what to expect from the second edition of KIA Street Soccer: Port Elizabeth.  We didn’t have to wonder for long as we were greeted by the warm smiles that have come to set the tone in every community we …

It’s been a week of new things as we delved into the unknown.  In keeping with the expansion of KIA Street Soccer, five communities in Welkom and the surrounding areas were added, and this week we brought the road shows to these streets. As was the case with Marianhill last week, players and coaches from …

The first of our eThekwini road shows got off to a rousing start on Friday, as we visited Marianhill.  Making their KIA Street Soccer debut, the community of Marianhill rolled out the red carpet, as “KIA Street Soccer training session” signs could be seen from some way off, as the desire for such programmes shone …