Ipalamwa, Africa #SoMe
Justin Brehm • August 30, 2021


As a club, we had the opportunity to send and donate some soccer balls to a fantastic program. Our own Janie (09 Girls Academy DPL) and her mother, Anne spent two weeks in Ipalamwa, Tanzania, with a nonprofit called Global Volunteers. Amazing program!
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Apparently, "When the real soccer balls arrived, it was like Taylor Swift making an appearance. Absolutely precious. We made over 200 kids incredibly happy." The kids in the village would come to find Janie every day and ask, "Janie! Janie! Futball?" It was adorable!
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Thank you for sharing this story, and we love seeing how we can impact a community from so far away.


We love when parents send us awesome stories of Colorado United players. From Daniel Heck (parent at Colorado United) "I thought I would share that two 2014B Competitive players were recognized at an all-school assembly at Ford Elementary this morning. Chase Burke and Braden Heck were awarded the Act Respectively award for the 5 th grade. United is not only developing great athletes, but even better young men." Chase plays on the 2014 Boys Academy Blue team coached by Will Vint and Braden plays on the 2014 Boys Silver team coached by Morton King-Grubert. Another example of how our organization is "Developing Players For Life." Thank you for sharing this story and we look forward to seeing what other amazing things Braden and Chase achieve in the future.

A huge congratulations to our very own Maddie Wallner for signing with the University of Redlands . This is an incredible opportunity, and we can't wait to see what she achieves in this next chapter of her soccer journey. Maddie's Sports Recruits Bio: I am from Littleton, Colorado and attend Columbine High School as a 2025 graduate. I have a cumulative 4.25 GPA and was named First Team 5A Jeffco in the 2024 high school season and was also awarded the Academic All State First Team and the Academic Athletic Honor Roll the last two seasons. I had 13 goals and 2 assists in the 2024 season. I am currently playing for the Colorado United 06/07 GA team as a forward/striker, coached by Ken Fehr. https://my.sportsrecruits.com/athlete/maddie_walner Way to go Maddie!