मो टूरे के माता-पिता ने उन संघर्षों पर जो सॉकरूस करियर के लिए मार्ग प्रशस्त किया: 'यह जीवन या मृत्यु थी'

Now that he’s older, the striker say he better understands what his family went through on their refugee journey from war-torn Liberia to Australia

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The 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-year.

Their progression to the international arena is a secret recipe countries have spent millions of dollars trying to perfect, with flashy academies and talent identification programs. Consultants within elite football call this the talent pathway.