By Lisa Heydlauff | CEO
Goal Goa is a feature film that begins in present-day Goa where football pitches have been closed for 18 months. Vaccination drives are taking place in football pitches where young people once played football.
The story goes back in time to explore how football came to Goa and how women football players came to compete nationally.
Present day Goa, with girls at the centre of the story, the film features the first ‘woman’ coach for the women’s national team, women national team players, girl athletes who are excelling in grassroots football played on the beach.
Running through the story is a quiet message, and ask, if everyone who can ‘takes the shot’ one day soon, we can all go back outside to play football together.
By taking the shot and reclaiming public spaces for sport, there’s a way forward after the time we’re in, to equip young people with the skills they need to take on the next challenge and compete globally with a run for the World Cup, proving just how powerful, and world-changing, young people who play football in India can be.
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