Yesterday, ten kids from our programme in Rustenburg took part in a training session with the US Soccer team, who are here for the Confederations Cup, in Pretoria.

The kids were recent graduates from the programme and ′won′ the chance by presenting in assembly to their peers, motivations as to why they should go! The ten lucky winners were driven on the two hour trip by Peter from the Department of Education, nothing compared to the 14 hour round trip that Marcus and I undertook!

The kids got a free McDonald′s and watched a 90 minute training session with stars like Landon Donovan and Tim Howard, before getting the chance to meet the players, take pictures, get autographs and talk to them about our programme! The star of the day was ′Lucky′ who managed to get a photo with nearly every player! It will definitely live long in the memory of the kids and their signed shirts will be the envy of all their classmates!

The kids had a great time, so was definitely worth the trip, so a big thank you to the US team.