By: Linda Whitehead, Soccer Coach & Canadian SportWORKS Officer Its 6:30 in the morning and one of the YUWA staff opens the front door of the house to a porch full of smiling female faces, eager to start football practice. First, you need to understand for these young girls merely showing up at YUWA takes enormous courage, as it flies in the face of their cultural norms. Add to that their unbridled joy and love for football, and it creates an infectious, unstoppable force that I was privileged to be invited to share.