Futbol will play a big role in my future—I aim to start an organization that offers my community opportunities to engage, learn, and support each other.

My lasting memory of Koh Panyee are the smiling faces, the laughter, high fives, back slaps, and even some playful and competitive aggression as we played on that grand stage with the sea as our audience under the light of the setting sun. It was a sanctuary.

So, what is the role of a coach in an apartheid state? Honestly, I’m not entirely sure, I’ll keep reflecting. I know that a soccer program won’t end colonialism, but in the meantime I know that I have to teach good or else I’ll have to answer to Ibrahim.