(In photo left, USA v Romania at the recently concluded Homeless World Cup Games in Melbourne, Australia.)



More than 500 players and coaches will begin departing from Melbourne today. One Kenyan player who has not been seen since arriving is still unaccounted for.

For the Australians, street soccer teams are back at the Atherton Gardens estate for training on Wednesday and Thursday this week. "We're trying to work with them to help them set some new goals so it's a chapter closed but lessons learned," Street Socceroos coach George Halkias said. "It's really about making sure they come down from cloud nine and realise that life can still be pretty tough."