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I have decided to retire as a professional footballer. When we first met 25 years ago, I could never have imagined the crazy, unbelievable journey you would tak

Eni Aluko

In about five years I had gone from selling cigarettes in the streets of Abidjan to playing for the biggest club in the world.

Eric Bailly

Sometimes the best dreams aren’t yours — they’re the ones someone else tells you you can achieve. Let me tell you about my hero.

Ben Chilwell

When he was seven, Bheem Goyal was diagnosed with leukemia. Make-A-Wish Foundation helped him live his dream of spending a day with the Sounders and his hero, g

Bheem Goyal

"""My time is now. I’m gonna die. I’m really gonna die."" Johanna Omolo was born in the largest open trash dumpsite in Africa. His story has to be read to

Johanna Omolo