It looks like live soccer is back with the Bundesliga starting up this weekend. It may look different -- no fans, etc. -- but at least it's live soccer. Woohoo!
Meanwhile, the soccer film world keeps turning. Netflix announced that they are developing a film about the 1999 World Cup-winning U.S. women's national team. This 2018 short doc Keane and Vieira: Best of Enemies hit our radar. And this week's #SoccerFilmFriday is the award-winning documentary Soka Afrika.
For most young soccer players in Africa, signing with a club in Europe is not just a dream; it's the only dream.
It is a hard dream to realize, with countless pitfalls, from unscrupulous agents to injuries, broken promises to family shame.
Soka Afrika, which won the Golden Whistle Award at the 2011 Kicking + Screening Soccer Film Festival, explores the good, the bad, and the ugly of player trafficking from Africa to Europe, as seen through the journeys of two young players, Kermit Erasmus from South Africa and Ndomo Sabo from Cameroon.