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Montreal’s unhoused try out for team Canada ahead of Homeless World Cup tournament - Montreal | Globalnews.ca

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Soccer is a non-profit that uses sports to help people experiencing homelessness and other forms of social exclusion to reintegrate into society.

The Homeless World Cup is an annual international soccer tournament in Oslo , Norway , in August .

Recruiters are recruiting players from Quebec , Ontario , Alberta and British Columbia .

Players must be unhoused or temporarily housed to make the selection.

Kiwanuka-Quinlan was in a shelter for two weeks when a member of another street soccer association asked him to kick a ball around.

He initially turned the offer down, but ended up playing and feeling the "euphoria of belonging to something" After being homeless for two years , he represented Canada at the 2012 Homeless World Cup in Mexico .

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