After working as a forklift driver in Chicago, Mohammed Rashid now stands on the world stage as Palestine looks to continue its unlikely run to the World Cup.
Palestine and Australia face each other in tonight's World Cup qualifier at Perth Rectangular Stadium. Australia and Palestine have topped their group in qualifying and will play in the next round in September.Fast forward to these grim times and Rashid, along with his Palestine soccer teammates, carry a heavier weight knowing success on the field offers a little respite from the war raging in Gaza.
Palestine and Australia meet at Perth Rectangular Stadium tonight to complete the Asian second round. Both teams are safely through to September's next stage."Everything is possible. There's a lot of hard work that needs to be done before we get there." "It gives the chance to raise the name of Palestine to the whole world, and the World Cup is the biggest platform for this," Rashid, a defensive midfielder, said.Rashid was on a college soccer scholarship in Illinois from 2013-17 before signing with the Palestinian Premier League one year later.
"The last time we played Saudi Arabia at home, it was a full house. People were climbing trees to watch the game.While the players try to avoid making inflammatory remarks, the team's mere existence is seen as a political statement with controversy inevitably not far away.
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