Waterloo County

: Schell is also the only Eastwood player that calls English his mother tongue, a fact that has led to some interesting moments during the current Waterloo County season. "They all speak different languages out there and I can only speak English, I can't speak Somali or Burmese, so it can be difficult to communicate with them and it can be hard to get their attention," said Schell, who was born and raised in Kitchener. "Sometimes you have to yell three or four times to get their attention, but it been fun trying to learn new names, learning how they play and trying to communicate with them, according to The Waterloo Record. They are a great bunch of guys, they don't exclude anyone and it been an all-around good time getting to know them." The Rebels have overcome their communication barriers during the home stretch of the WCSSAA season and enter Thursday playoffs as the second-seeded squad, behind the Forest Heights Trojans. Such is the way of life on a high school soccer team that features only one Canadian-born player and 22 others that hail from eight countries in Africa, South America and Asia. The Rebels, who have won three straight after a 4-0 loss to Forest Heights, will host a quarter-final game and are optimistic about their chances. "We're getting better at the right time," said Rebels co-captain Hussein Abdulrahman, who has been in Canada for seven years and speaks with no hint of an accent. "It great, man. All 22 foreign-born players have spent time in it, said Rebels head coach Alexa Hodgkinson. All the multicultural stuff, it brings us together and makes us better." Eastwood has long been the destination for recent immigrants and refugees because of its program. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.