• Home
  • The Book
  • The Author
  • Events
  • The Blog
  • Failures Within
  • Contact

Seek to Misconstrue   + a

Failure: The Blog  

August 2018

  • When This Executive Was Fired, He Took Charge
  • Obeying The Speed Limit Has Never Been More Fun
  • London Black Cabs Helped Uber Grow
  • Bette Graham Created A Product To Fix Her Mistakes
  • Flamin' Hot Cheetos Had An Interesting Start

July 2018

  • Fear This Instead Of Failure
  • Re-Releasing Songs Created Success
  • A CEO's Purposeful Mistake
  • The Tardy Student And The Unsolvable Problem
  • Fixing Potholes Through Graffiti

June 2018

  • A Surprising Mistake In The Oxford English Dictionary
  • US Army Embraces Mistakes
  • Blocking A Hymn
  • Eddie Shore Was Truly A Tough Guy
  • [Video] Elon Musk Didn't "Pivot" He Failed

May 2018

  • 8 Examples of Mental Toughness Part 2
  • Necessity Turned Accessory: Allen Iverson's Sleeve
  • This Doctor Has Continued To Fail
  • 8 Examples of Mental Toughness
  • MIT Accidentally Creates New Smelting Process

April 2018

  • Johnny Cash Quit Singing Lessons
  • Cruise Control Came Out of Frustration
  • Time Spent Gaming Pays Off In The Navy
  • Rock Around The Clock Was a Commercial Failure
  • Sigmund Freud Should Have Been Discouraged

March 2018

  • Superman Couldn't Fly
  • This School Shares Failures
  • Jim Croce's Parents Hoped He Would Fail

[More archives...]

« Theodore Roosevelt’s Failure Became A Success
Packing On Pounds For The Better »

National Football Team of Afghanistan Beats The Odds

March 17th, 2014 - by Alyssa Shea

There is a soccer team that probably doesn’t look impressive on paper. They’re from a war-torn country that’s struggling with extreme poverty. In fact, until recently, their local authorities banned the sport entirely.

These men truly play for the love of the game. The players’ only compensation when traveling is a daily travel stipend of roughly $50, which is usually late by months. When practicing at home, they only get 35 afghanis daily — the equivalent of 70 cents. They are the national football team of Afghanistan.

football failure
Photo © Flickr User seair21

The football (or soccer, depending on where you’re reading this) team is so broke they can’t afford extra jerseys or hotel rooms when they travel. They sleep in airports and bathrooms. But this ragtag bunch brought home an international title, whipping India, 2–0.

It just goes to show that doing what you love is the most rewarding thing in the world, even if it comes with failure. These men know that failure can actually lead you to success!

Share on TumblrSubmit to redditShare via email Share

Related Posts

  1. Prison Beats Harvard
    Here’s a message you don’t hear too often: apparently a Harvard degree is not a good deal, compared with becoming a corrections officer.

This entry was posted on Monday, March 17th, 2014. You can follow any responses to this entry through RSS 2.0. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.


© Copyright 2009-2021 Robby Slaughter - All Rights Reserved • Theme from Web Considerations, LLC