As part of its inaugural season in the U.S., the Dayton Dutch Lions FC will be taking part in an exciting weekend of events between April 29 and May 1 as its first appearance in the community.  

It is the Global United Project. The objective of this project is to ask attention for the environment and present our club offiicially to our fans against (former) top international players that have played in World Cup Championships.

The highlight of the activities is a soccer game Friday evening April 30 (Queens Day in Holland) between the Dayton Dutch Lions FC and Global United FC, a club that is comprised of over 150 (former) top international players. Players who regularly play for Global United FC are Lothar Matheus, Zamorano, Cauto, Joa Pinto, Chilavert, Prosinecki, Elber, Kuffour, Oliseh, Litmanen, Bergdolmo, Schuster, Balakov and Dutchmen Ronald de Boer and Pierre van Hooydonk.

Their goal is simply to provide a unique approach to spreading the news of environmentally-friendly iniatives to a variety of markets across the world. This opportunity fits in perfect with the vision of the Dutch Lions FC, which focuses on “creating a professional environment with integrity and ethical conduct, which promotes competitive excellence, sportsmanship and community service.”

The weekend will consist of local school projects, community awareness outreach programs, a fundraiser via a Golf Scramble Outing and many more exciting opportunities.

If you want to be part of this special event by volunteering or sponsoring please send an e-mail to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

The players that will come to Dayton to play for Global United FC will be announced the coming weeks on our website!
Note: a part of the proceedings of the game and sponsorships will go directly into global warming projects.

MORE ON THE GLOBAL UNITED FC

Global United FC is a football project that consists of more than 150 of the world’s most famous former players and coaches. Its mission is to fight global warming by playing exhibition football matches at various worldwide locations affected by climate change.

Global United FC will fight global warming in two ways: Use the global popularity of football and its most recognizable players to raise awareness on the alarming issue of global warming; and secondly by donating the matches' proceeds to support organizations and research institutions dedicated to fighting against global warming. Global United FC will keep emissions from its activities (travel, accommodation, etc.) at a minimum. All remaining emissions are offset with carbon credits from First Climate and the Climate Neutral Group.

Global United FC is dedicated to giving back a percentage of the revenues raised to a variety of world wide water projects. Water is life. Global warming is already endangering access to clean drinking water for people all around the world. For Global United FC, this fact is the fundamental motivation to take action and engage water projects around the world. Projects supported are: a special focus on Nepal and Ethiopia, where water shortages are already affecting thousands of people. Also, GUFC are working on a Household biogas project in India. Last, but not limited to, the TransAtlantic Climate Institute (TACIT).

TACIT is a high-resolution Ocean Observation System on the Faroe Islands consisting of numerous submarine robots -Seagliders -that gather continuous information on the Gulf Stream. The gathering of high-resolution data is crucial for the development of climate models that are needed to understand climate change.