Inner-city girls inspired by women's World Cup - CNN.com: ...Stewart oversees the urban program, whose players are mostly African-Americans competing against suburban teams and elite clubs.
'I don't recruit and we're not exclusive,' Stewart said. 'It's not like I went out and picked the girls. The program exists because the girls want to play and we happen to be in a predominately African-American neighborhood.'
The Anderson Monarchs are named after two very important role models: Marian Anderson, the great opera singer from Philadelphia, and Jackie Robinson's 1945 Negro League team, the Kansas City Monarchs.
Stewart walked away from partnership at a downtown Philadelphia law firm to become a fourth-grade teacher at a Catholic elementary school and to volunteer his out-of-school hours to introducing soccer to urban youth who otherwise might not have a chance to play.
