Afghan Chicks Bending It Like Beckham! WooHoo!

"There are those, I know, who will reply that the liberation of humanity, the freedom of man and mind, is nothing but a dream. They are right. It is. It is the American Dream."
-- Archibald MacLeish

I came across a nice feel good article. Kabul Selected is going to be the first female Afghan football team to play internationally. Here is an excerpt:

They practice on concrete rather than on grass, and their kit is far from uniform, but Afghanistan's premier women’s football team is looking forward to making history this summer when it plays its first international match...

The team has been playing in organised leagues for a little more than a year. When they began, most training took place behind closed doors. While they still lack the amenities available to male players, the best players from the capital's 12 girls' teams have moved into the open.

Ranging in age from 12 to 18, they train on the concrete apron next to the grass field at Kabul Athletic Stadium, where the Taleban once conducted public executions. The grass is usually reserved for male teams, so the women make do with a practice area smaller than a regulation pitch.

(Crown tip to Lt. Smash.)

Women getting more rights and opportunities in Afghanistan? Yeah, it just sucks that we went there huh? :-P

Baby steps...People, baby steps... that grassy pitch will be theirs someday!

Stay cool and safe!