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Language Barriers: Soccer and Syrian

language barriers: Graeme Smiley told CBC News, according to Huffington Post Canada. The Syrian Soccer Sons team is made up of boys aged 10 to 19 who practice a few times each week. "... what we have in common is a love of the game." Some of the players were sitting in refugee camps just a few months ago. Language barriers didn't stop Calgary police officers and Syrian refugees from facing off in a friendly soccer match on Monday. "It is kind of a welcome to Canada and a discussion of how, in this case, what we have in common is a love of the game," Sgt. This is not a field of soccer, said Sam Nammoura of the Calgary Syrian Refugee Support Group to Global News. Members of the Syrian Soccer Sons practice in advance of Monday soccer game in Calgary. This is a field of dreams. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.