Players with the Canadian Street Soccer Association National tournament play a game of keep away outside during a national forum at Université de Montréal, in Montreal on Friday, June 5, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi
Unhoused soccer players at Montreal tournament say sport changed their lives
Jun 5, 2026 | 12:51 PM
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MONTREAL — Fabrice Mugabe says his experience playing for team Canada at the Homeless World Cup in Oslo, Norway, last year changed his life and helped him find stability.
Mugabe took part in a panel discussion today at Université de Montréal on ways to tackle homelessness with the Canadian Street Soccer Association ahead of a national tournament tomorrow.
The association gives those experiencing homelessness and social isolation the opportunity to play soccer and it selects players who will be on team Canada for the annual Homeless World Cup.
The world cup is an international tournament of soccer teams composed of unhoused people involving more than 70 organizations.
