Players who have seen their lives forever altered by drugs or disease now get a second chance at the Homeless World Cup, where they can go from begging in the streets to being heroes cheered on by thousands of fans.
In 2006, more than 1,000 families in extreme poverty, most of them Nicaraguan immigrants, were evicted from a shantytown called La Candela behind the Juan Santamaría International Airport, north of Costa Rica’s capital.
The Concacaf Copa Centroamericana kicks off its fourth edition Tuesday, and although opening night belongs to clubs from Belize, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama and Guatemala,...
