Support Ben’s Pro Soccer Opportunity in England!

Hi, my name is John Pedry, and I am fundraising for my soccer comrade and good friend, Ben Puncer. (We’ve played in weekly pickup soccer together for about a year at St. Mary Catholic Parish in Littleton, CO). After an early January, 2024, FIFA/PSC pro soccer tryout in Los Angeles, Ben has received a select invitation based on his skills and performance to play on an elite traveling squad in England and Malta. The squad will play local pro teams for eleven days, providing individualized professional coaching to its players, as well as an opportunity to showcase to the coaches and scouts of the teams they play against. This would greatly increase Ben’s chances of getting placement offers from these teams and clubs.

However, a significant difficulty for Ben is that the showcasing is coming up quickly in March, and the trip’s fees are due in February. The total cost of the trip is $4500, and this covers the passport, the plane ticket, the lodging and meals, the uniforms, the bus fares, the coaching, and GoFundMe fees. This is more than Ben has in savings or is able to earn on such short notice. This GoFundMe is my effort to help him out with this difficulty… Please watch the YouTube video for more details. Thank You!

Shown below is some of the feedback Ben received from the LA tryout.