From Homeless Shelters to Playing for Team Canada at The Homeless World Cup | Michael Fredson

Sport has a way of giving people something to hold onto. Michael Fredson is helping build an entire organization around that idea.Michael is the owner of Manticore Books in Orillia and Chair of the Board of the Canadian Street Soccer Association, Canada's partner organization for the Homeless World Cup. In this conversation, he breaks down what it actually looks like to use soccer as a social tool, what the Homeless World Cup is and why it's unlike any other sporting event in the world, and what happened when Team Canada went to Oslo. The stories from that trip alone are worth the listen.Michael FredsonWebsite: https://manticorebooks.ca/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ManticoreBooks/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/manticorebooks/Canadian Street Soccer AssociationWebsite: https://canadianstreetsoccer.ca/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/p/Canadian-Street-Soccer-Association-61563800721692/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/canadianstreetsoccer/Who are weBehind the Village is a podcast about how to live a life worth living. Real conversations about mental health, personal growth, and finding fulfillment.Follow UsWebsite: https://villagermagazine.ca/podcast/Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/behind-the-village-podcast/id1763310022Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/11fe4qRCPB22ybBg2wDznKNewsletter: https://villagermagazine.ca/subscribe/Chapters0:00 Intro0:29 The Canadian Street Soccer Association6:28 The Power of Sport to Change Lives9:46 Inside the Homeless World Cup13:48 Team Canada at the Oslo Tournament17:12 The Street Soccer Format22:27 How to Get Involved