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Jabatie Mambu, the team's goaltender, leads members of Sierra Leone's Blind Choir to the airport's departure gate for their flight back home. All members of the team wondered if their tour would provide them with what both they and the organizers…

Sembu Kamara, left, and Patrick Koroma ride a roller coaster for the first time. Although enjoying the coaster greatly, after the 'Devil's Drop' their enthusiasim was severely dampened.

Team captain M'bayo Conteh is photographed after his team lost 4-0 to Everton. The English team had 5 members of the National squad and Conteh realized their chances of defeating them was slight.

Victor Musa signs autographs on his way to watch an Everton match. The players, more accustomed to being ignored due to the social stigmas associated with the cause of thier amputations, basked in the attention they received.

Patrick Koroma flirts with a girl while visiting an English beach. His teammates survey the alien geography.

Amadu Kamara, of Sierra Leone, center, runs towards Colon after scoring the first goal of the tour against Southend. The team led 1-0 but lost 2-1. The Sierra Leone team, with members who lost their limbs during their countries 10 year civil war,…

Moses Mambu, right, waits in the mini-bus at the airport prior to departure. None of the members of the team had been on an airplane or out of the country. There was both trepidation and excitment as they departed from home.

Joseph Lagao, a member of the Sierra Leone National Amputee Football Team, is photographed as he leaves his home when he and his team members received word that the airline had removed them from the flight, due to overbooking, which would delay…

Members of the Sierra Leone National Amputee Football Team hold hands after praying to Jesus and Allah prior to practice. The team, composed of different tribal and cultural backgrounds, was attempting to create unity between team members in a…

Fourteen Sierra Leonean amputee football players, the de-facto National Team, departed for the United Kingdom in late August 2003 to play their English counterparts. The Players lost their limbs during Sierra Leone's brutal decade-long civil war. …