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"From the stage to the soccer field! One Direction member Louis Tomlinson joined a professional soccer team in London, signing a non-contract deal with the English second division soccer club, the Doncaster Rovers.\r\nThe 21-year-old boy band member said via Reuters, &amp;quot;This has always been a childhood dream of mine.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nA statement on the club&amp;apos;s website read, &amp;quot;Louis has always been passionate about football and wanted to realize a dream of signing for his home town club where he once worked on match days.&amp;quot;\r\nAccording to the team&amp;apos;s site, he will be playing for the Development Squad in an upcoming fall charity game to raise money for Bluebell Wood Children&amp;apos;s Hospice.\r\n\r\nClaire Rintoul, Chief Executive at Bluebell Wood shared, &amp;quot;We&amp;#x2019;re absolutely thrilled and delighted that Louis has decided to continue his support for Bluebell Wood and promote what we do here. Being a local lad it&amp;#x2019;s great to see him giving back to the community and supporting our children with a shortened life expectancy.&amp;quot;&amp;#xA0;\r\nTomlinson, who&amp;apos;s currently dating college student Eleanor Calder, tweeted his excitement over the news, writing to his 11 million-plus followers, &amp;quot;Amazing day for me. Such an honor &amp;#x2026; who&amp;apos;s gonna come to a game?&amp;quot;&amp;#xA0;\r\n\r\nThe British X Factor star will have a busy year ahead -- One Direction&amp;apos;s 3D movie This Is Us hits theaters Aug. 30 and the group is currently on their North American tour, which wraps up Aug. 7 in Los Angeles, Calif. They also released the first dates for their 2014 stadium tour in Latin America, Ireland and United Kingdom, with more dates &amp;quot;coming soon.&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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