GREEN BAY, Wis. (WBAY) - Members of the all-women We Can Morocco team took on the Green Bay East Red Devils on Thursday at Titletown, expanding the reach of American football and building relationships with foreign countries through a friendly game of flag football.
Eight players from We Can Morocco took on the Green Bay East Red Devils. Since the players from Morocco have to fund their own way and apply for visas, many couldn't make it.
"We did our best to make a representation here," said Fouzia Madhouni, founder of We Can Morocco.
But what they lack in numbers they make up with in heart.
"Since we are meeting new people and new culture. and we are trying to grow women's football. So, a win or a loss we are involved," said Madhouni.
In 2022 the Packers first met the we can Morocco founder, Fouzia Madhouni, though the global sports mentoring program with the U.S. Department of State and ESPN-W, expanding the reach and impact of American football abroad.
"I would never believe we'd be back, and with my husband and my baby. I was mentored by the Green Bay Packers 3 years ago," Madhouni said.
Madhouni has a plan to empower girls and women to realize their potential through leadership courses and American football sessions hoping to someday bring members of her team to experience Green Bay firsthand.
"Making an impact is like a train. you make people get in with you. So, it's just like you have an army with you that's spreading that awareness. So, it's not only you making an impact, impact people to impact people, because some people impacted my life that's why I'm here today and I'm trying to return the favor," said Madhouni.
Thursday's friendly game hopefully the first of many as American football grows around the world. Empowering women from all over the world through the power of football.