Young Refugees Learn About Life on the Soccer Field Victoria Macchi - VOA News
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Born to Play: A Refugee Soccer Team Grows in the American Desert (CNN Student News United States)

Young refugees in the United States are learning about each other and their new country on the soccer field.

One player is 13-year-old Win La Bar. His family is from Myanmar, also known as Burma. Win was born in Thailand after his family fled their Burmese homeland.

Win is one of about 200 refugee children who play at the North Phoenix Christian Soccer Club, in the western state of Arizona. The players in the club’s 12 teams are between 6 and 18 years old.

Win lives with 10 family members. They share two apartments. Win has his own bedroom, but his sister sleeps in a room with her three young children. Win’s parents and three other children live in another apartment that has two bedrooms.

He says he loves his new home because “I’ve got a better chance to get a better education, and (I) get to play more soccer without worrying about gunshots.” He says he does not want to have a difficult life like his parents have had.

The soccer club has helped him make friends and learn about his new home. His coaches have taught his family about life in the United States.

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