Alan Fowler, sports therapy leader at Redcar and Cleveland College, recently returned from America, where he coached the Dallas Burn professional football team.
His job was to go into the community and coach young girls and boys the finer points of the game.
Alan, who visited Texas, Colorado, New Mexico and Florida, said: "The girls are in the lead at present and the boys have some catching up to do.
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