Mo Touré’s parents on the struggles that paved way for a Socceroos career: ‘It was life or death’

The Guardian Football↗

T he stories of these Socceroos can be traced back through grassy fields around Australia in the 1990s and 2000s, when 20 or so wide-eyed young footballers were just coming to terms with the ball. There were games, goalposts, quartered oranges. Old teammates, new boots. Season-to-season, year-on-yea