The fund distributes money to soccer-based charities around the world. 👏
TORONTO — Canadian international goalkeeper Erin McLeod is joining Manchester United’s Juan Mata, Juventus’ Giorgio Chiellini, U.S. international Alex Morgan and other soccer stars in digging into their pockets to help others.
Common Goal says more than 70 members of the worldwide soccer community have joined, generating more than US$1.2 million since the initiative was launched in August 2017.Common Goal is the creation of streetfootballworld, which boasts a global network of more than 120 soccer-based organizations that use the sport to tackle social issues ranging from gender equality in India to peace-building in Colombia and refugee integration in Germany.
"They told me about it and the concept and the players behind it and how one per cent of your salary can literally change the lives of so many children and people around the world, I thought I just really wanted to be a part of it," she said."I’m asking my fellow professionals to join me in forming a Common Goal Starting XI," he wrote. "Together we can create a movement based on shared values that can become integral to the whole football industry — forever.
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