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Soccer is a refuge for Ukrainian who traveled winding path to Maine

Por: Portland Press Herald Sports October 17, 2022

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Ukraine native Sasha Bruno arrived in Maine in March and has been playing this fall for the men’s soccer team at Central Maine Community College in Auburn. Shawn Patrick Ouellette/Staff Photographer When Heather Turner watches Sasha Bruno play soccer, she sees a new person take the field. She doesn’t see a young man orphaned as a child. She doesn’t see a pained native of Ukraine, who endures day after day of news and images of his homeland... + full article



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