Soccer Sunday in Samara

Today FIFA came to town with a free children’s soccer camp – I’m sorry that I couldn’t find any alliteration for futbol, as most of the world knows the game.

There must have been 200 children, elementary school age, playing on our beautifully maintained central plaza.

FIFA trained local coaches yesterday so there were at least 3 for every age group.

The kids were up at dawn, pushing their parents out the door.  The color-coded shirts were theirs to keep.