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EPISODE · Jul 21, 2020 · 29 MIN

How These Somali Soccer Players & Their Coach Created Community

from Building Confidence in Young Athletes · host Lisa E. Cohn

Amy Bass, author of "One Goal: A Coach, a Team and the Game That Brought a Divided Town Together,” relates how refugees from Somalia brought soccer to the town of Lewiston, Maine and changed it in remarkable ways. The soccer coach listened to the refugee community and showed empathy to make this transition happen, says Bass, a professor of sport studies at Manhattanville College. She touches on the importance of athletes serving as role models in troubling times.

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