A2: Street Soccer

ESPN.com reports on the Street Soccer USA Cup being held this weekend in Washington, D.C. Ann Arbor’s Street Soccer Project Outreach program is among the competitors, and the article quotes team member Sam Mejia, a former homeless man who’s now studying mechanical engineering at UM: ”We have to realize that’s why we’re here – to help each other. Sometimes we don’t realize what we need in spirit, but they [fellow Outreach workers and members] come back around and follow up with you. And that was my major motivation. I said ‘OK, I’m going to school and getting this thing done.’” [Source]