James Silva: Portage Trail

Soccer Teams Dept: They kicked a ball around refugee camps, then Winnipeg's inner city. Now, they're competing for Manitoba against the best soccer teams in Canada, according to Winnipeg Free Press. "For kids around the world, soccer is the game," said Garry Neufeld, who manages the soccer team and housing projects for IRCOM Immigrant and Refugee Community Organization of Manitoba Inc. and bORIS MINKEVICH / From left: Braden Silva, Prince Amara, Mackenzie Neufeld and coach James Silva are off to the National Club Championships in Lethbridge, Alta. This morning before dawn, the Portage Trail under-16 boys team boards a flight for the National Club Championships in Lethbridge, Alta., starting Wednesday. Five members of the top-level team are newcomers to Canada -- and to organized soccer. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.