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Reflecting on World Refugee Day and American Soccer

Yesterday was World Refugee Day. It’s an international day to reflect on the millions of people who have been forced to flee their homes and their countries because of violence. It is a bitterly somber day, and extra so because the world is facing a crisis on a scale not seen since WWII. But the story World Refugee Day, and the individual stories of individual refugees, cannot merely be a story of tragedy. It must also be a story of hope. And you know what? Soccer, this beautiful little game we love, is an important part of that hope.