The Homeless World Cup

This last weekend was the final of the Homeless World Cup which took place here in Cape Town from Sept. 25-30. Basically, they get a bunch of people that meet the "homeless requirement" and shuttle them to a location around the globe where they play some seriously intense 20 minute street ball games for a week. Not everyone who participates is homeless per se. I think sleeping on a buddy's couch for more than 6 months in the last year makes you eligible (i'm not joking here). They had the requirements listed in the program.

What killed me was some of the hilarious info in the program. One team profile said to watch out for this Norwegian who was compared with Maradona. Look, let's get one thing straight here. I don't care how much drugs and alcohol you did in your life (because Maradona did a shitload of both), if you really were like Maradona you wouldn't be playing in the Homeless World Cup. I'm an American for God's sake, and know almost nothing about soccer, but I know that.

Lastly, the Homeless World Cup (yes, that's the official title) is used primarily to promote homelessness awareness. And I guess it also promotes that homeless people can kick your ass in soccer and this is why you'll never be a pro.

And I know you're wondering - the CCCP, I mean Russia, won it.